Course: Sustainable Development

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Course title Sustainable Development
Course code MRS/EPUR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Nováček Pavel, doc. RNDr. CSc.
Course content
The course analysis basic principles of sustainable development. Main topics included are the following: history, definition and principles of sustainable development, human values compatible with sustainable development, economic instruments of sustainable development, technologies for sustainable development, political and instritutional aspects of sustainable development, sectoral aspects of sustainable development, indicators of sustainable development, strategies for sustainable development, and actors of sustainable development.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The main aim of the course is to introduce students to historical development, present situation and future perspectives of mutual political and economic relations as well as cooperation between the EU and developing countries.
Upon completion of the course students should have complex understanding of sustainable development.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Written exam

For succesful completion of the course, students are required to complete a written and oral exam covering the course material.
Recommended literature
  • Millenium Project, State of the Future Reports 2007-2009.
  • Brown, L.R. (2008). Plan B 3.0. W. W. Norton & Company, New York.
  • Garrett, M. J., Barney, G. O., Hommel, J. M., Barney, K. R. (1991). Studies for the 21st Century. Washington: Institute for 21st Century Studies.
  • Hawken, P., Lovins, A., Lovins, H.L. (2003). Přírodní kapitalismus. Mladá fronta, Praha.
  • Mederly, P. ed. (2001). Trvalo udržateľný rozvoj - výzva pre Slovensko. Bratislava: REC Slovensko.
  • Moldan, B. (2016). Podmaněná planeta. Praha: Karolinum.
  • Nováček, P. (2011). Udržitelný rozvoj. Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci.
  • Pauli, G. (2010). The Blue Economy. 10 Years, 100 Innovations, 100 Million Jobs. Paradigm Publications, Taos.
  • The World Commission on Environment and Development. (1987). Our Common Future. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Weizsacker, E., Hargroves, C., Smith, M.H. et al. (2009). Factor Five. Earthscan, London.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Environmental Hazards and Climate Change (2021) Category: Geography courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer