PřF:Z0131 Sustainability - Course Information

Z0131 Sustainability

Extent and Intensity

1/2/0. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Alois Hynek, CSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Břetislav Svozil, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Alois Hynek, CSc.

Timetable

Wed 15:00–15:50 Z6,02006

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

Z0131/01: Wed 16:00–17:50 Z6,02006, A. Hynek, B. Svozil

Prerequisites (in Czech)

PROGRAM(B-AG) || PROGRAM(N-GK) || PROGRAM(N-BI) || PROGRAM(N-MA) || PROGRAM(N-CH)

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

1. Physical landscape components, processes, resources, ecosystems, biodiversity 2. Valuing the nature values and preferences, rationality, social norms, incommensurability, institutions 3. Landscape evaluation, carrying capacity, hazards and risks, EIA, SEA 4. Environment and ecology science, ideology, policy hard and soft sustainability 5. Sustainable communities development, capital, policy, localities 6. Greening the city water, sewage, waste, energy, air, biodiversity 7. Urban land use and form, transport, housing, governance 8. Rural sustainability agriculture, forestry, wildlife, energy and minerals, military sites, tourism, rural policy 9. Sustainable drainage basins, national parks, protected landscapes, reserves 10. Regional sustainability RESPEC(T)S, scenarios, strategies, programmes, projects 11. International political context and cooperation, EU structural funds, social construction

Syllabus

• 1. Physical landscape components, processes, resources, ecosystems, biodiversity 2. Valuing the nature values and preferences, rationality, social norms, incommensurability, institutions 3. Landscape evaluation, carrying capacity, hazards and risks, EIA, SEA 4. Environment and ecology science, ideology, policy hard and soft sustainability 5. Sustainable communities development, capital, policy, localities 6. Greening the city water, sewage, waste, energy, air, biodiversity 7. Urban land use and form, transport, housing, governance 8. Rural sustainability agriculture, forestry, wildlife, energy and minerals, military sites, tourism, rural policy 9. Sustainable drainage basins, national parks, protected landscapes, reserves 10. Regional sustainability RESPEC(T)S, scenarios, strategies, programmes, projects 11. International political context and cooperation, EU structural funds, social construction

Literature

• LÖW, Jiří and Igor MÍCHAL. Krajinný ráz. 1. vyd. Kostelec nad Černými Lesy: Lesnická práce, 2003, 552 s. ISBN 80-86386-27-9. info
• WRIGHT, Richard T. and Bernard J. NEBEL. Environmental science :toward a sustainable future. 8th ed. Upper Saddle River: Pearson education, 2002, xix, 681 s. ISBN 0-13-032538-4. info
• RAO, Pinninti Krishna. Sustainable development : economics and policy. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers, 2000, xviii, 393. ISBN 0-631-20993-X. info

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2007, recent)
  
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