FI:P108 Environmentalistics - Course Information

P108 Environmentalistics

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Tomáš Pitner, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Tomáš Pitner, Ph.D.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Informatics (programme FI, B-IN)
• Informatics (programme FI, M-IN)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, M-IN)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, M-SS)
• Information Technology (programme FI, B-IN)

Syllabus

• Environment and the environment protection (basic concepts)
• Components of the environment: water, air, ground, nature and landscape, row materials, wastes
• Global environmental problems (climat changes, population explosion, reduction of biodiversity), sustainable development, Agenda 21
• The private and state sector roles in environmental protection
• Economic aspects of the environmental protection, globalization of the world economics
• Macro- and microeconomics of the environment, economic stimuli for environmental protection (environmental taxes)
• Microenvironmentalistics - ecology of households and workplaces
• Environmental information, freedom of access to environmental information (in CZ and abroad)
• Environmental impact of information technology

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 1998, recent)
  
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