PVEKZP Economy of Environment

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Mgr. Jana Soukopová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Eduard Bakoš, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Jarmila Beránková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Ing. Barbora Kaplanová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Ivan Malý, CSc.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Lenka Jílková
Timetable
Mon 12:00–13:35 P201
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
PVEKZP/1: Fri 12:00–13:35 P201, J. Beránková, J. Soukopová
PVEKZP/2: Mon 9:20–11:00 P106, J. Beránková, J. Soukopová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 135 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/135, only registered: 0/135, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/135
Course objectives
The objective of the course is to introduce students to the study of basic principles of environmental protection, envrironmenal units, state environmental policy of the Czech Republic, EU and OECD. At the end of this course, students should:
- be able to address topical environmental problems and instruments removing pollution,
- know environmental units, problems with their pollution and the determinants and consequences of the public sector and private sector,
- know principles, objectives, sectoral policies and environmental policy of the Czech Republic, EU and OECD,
- be able to apply non-market evaluation methods and use them in project management of environmental public projects,
- be able to find suitable funding for a selected environmental problem.
Syllabus
  • The content of this course is divided into the following lectures:
  • 1. Basic information about the course and the theory of the environment, environmental pollution, environmental instruments, environmental units
  • 2. Basic environmental units - protection of the climate system of the Earth, water pollution and air pollution
  • 3. Basic environmental units - sustainable use of natural resources, material flows and waste management
  • 4. Issues concerning valuation of envrionmental goods and services – non-market valuation methods
  • 5. Environmental policy
  • 6. State environmental policy of the Czech Republic
  • 7. Instruments of implementation of environmental policy, informative Instruments and voluntary Instruments
  • 8. Legal instruments
  • 9. Economic Instruments
  • 10. Instruments of strategic planning and instruments of public participation
  • 11. Regional aspects of the state environmental policy of the Czech Republic
  • 12. International envrionmental organizations and international environmental pacts
  • 13. Check test
Literature
  • RITSCHELOVÁ, Iva. Úvod do ekonomiky životního prostředí. Vyd. 1. Ústí nad Labem: Univerzita J. E. Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem, 2002, 96 s. ISBN 80-7044-415-0. info
  • ŠAUER, Petr. Úvod do ekonomiky životního prostředí. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vysoká škola ekonomická, 1997, 154 s. ISBN 8070795484. info
  • MOLDAN, Bedřich. Ekologická dimenze udržitelného rozvoje. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Univerzita Karlova, 2001, 102 s. ISBN 8024602466. info
  • www.env.cz
  • MOLDAN, Bedřich. (Ne)udržitelný rozvoj ekologie : hrozba i naděje. Edited by Hana Kolářová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2001, 141 s. ISBN 8024602865. info
  • Ekologie, demokracie, trh. Edited by Bedřich Moldan, Illustrated by Vladimír Jiránek. Praha: Nakladatelství Informatorium, 1992, 119 s. ISBN 80-85368-19-6. info
Assessment methods
The course takes the form of both lectures and seminars. The course is concluded with an oral exam. Students are eligible to take the exam provided that they fulfill given conditions. Students are supposed to collect at least 70% of points from the continuous evaluation in seminars. The continuous evaluation is based on one written test and the elaboration and presentation of a seminar paper on a given topic. The teacher can award students with “bonus” points if they are active during seminars. Not gaining the required minimum of points is considered as a failure to prepare continuously. It does not mean that students can re-take the “failed” tests or the seminar paper either. Students are graded with an F in such a case.
If students commit a prohibited act, such as using various forbidden tools, cribbing, taking out any part of the exam or any other cheating, the teacher is allowed to interrupt an exam and to grade a student with F, FF or FFF according to the seriousness of the offence. The mentioned procedure relates to all the activities that are included in the final evaluation of the course (seminar work, essays, tests etc.).
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008.
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