P108 Environmentalistics

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 1999
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Tomáš Pitner, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Karel Pala, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
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
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, systems for environmental management (ISO 14000, EMAS), environmental accounting and taxes
  • Microenvironmentalistics - ecology of households and workplaces, agreements of good neighbourship
  • Environmental information, freedom of access to environmental information (in CZ and abroad), public participation in environmental issues
  • Environmental impact of information technology
Literature
  • MOLDAN, Bedřich. Ekonomické aspekty ochrany životního prostředí : situace v České republice. Vyd. 1. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1997, 307 s. ISBN 8071844349. info
  • WEIZSÄCKER, Ernst Ulrich von, Amory B. LOVINS and Hunter L. LOVINSOVÁ. Faktor čtyři :dvojnásobný blahobyt - poloviční spotřeba přírodních zdrojů : nová zpráva Římskému klubu. Praha: Ministerstvo životního prostředí ČR, 1996, 331 s. ISBN 80-85368-85-4. info
  • MOLDAN, Bedřich. Indikátory trvale udržitelného rozvoje. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská, 1996, 87 s. ISBN 80-7078-380-X. info
  • BALÁK, Rudolf. Nové zdroje energie. 2. přeprac. vyd. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1989, 205 s. URL info
  • MOLDAN, Bedřich. Přežije technika rok 2000? : hledání ekotechniky. Illustrated by Jiří Slíva. Vyd. 1. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1985, 159 s. URL info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1998, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 1999, recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/fi/autumn1999/P108