Principles of natural management 1900-5-PPG
The lecture aims at imparting knowledge about the components of natural environment and the ways for the sustainable use of them. A particular focus has been placed on the practical use of experiences of the natural sciences in economic planning. The lecture presents the significance of endo- and exogenous processes, atmospheric and hydrological phenomena in environmental planning.
Natural resources and the ways of their exploitation are presented. The human-environment relationship is presented in a historical perspective.
A student's workload:
Lecture: = 30 h
Preparing for lectures 0.5h/week = 7.5 h
Preparing for the exams = 20 h
Total = ca. 58 h
Type of course
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
After passing this course, a student should:
KNOWLEDGE:
1. know the components of environment and their economic potential.
2. know impact of the environment on human economy in local, regional, and global scales.
3. know the concept of sustainable development.
4. know the basic analyses of planning that include environmental information.
SKILLS:
1. know how to discern environmental limits to economical development on local, regional, and global scale.
2. be able to measure an 'ecological footprint'.
3. be able to measure resource and usable potentials of environment.
4. be able to use the indicators of a sustainable development.
5. be able to define the necessary amount of information needed for different stage for economic and industrial planning.
6. be able to identify basic relationships between the environment and the sustainable exploitation of natural resources.
Assessment criteria
The final exam has two parts:
1st: a test; topics relating to physical geography and its impact on human economy.
2nd: a written exam; topics in the managment of natural resources.
Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
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