118-0429/01 – Natural Resource Management in the EU (HOSPO)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Regional and Environmental EconomicsCredits5
Subject guarantordoc. Ing. Magdaléna Drastichová, Ph.D.Subject version guarantordoc. Ing. Magdaléna Drastichová, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementChoice-compulsory type B
Year2Semestersummer
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2019/2020Year of cancellation2020/2021
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesFollow-up Master, Bachelor
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
DRA099 doc. Ing. Magdaléna Drastichová, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Part-time Examination 5+5

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

After completing the course students should be able to classify natural resources, to identify their basic characteristics and indicators used in this area, to understand the aspects associated with the scarcity of natural resources in relation to sustainable development; to be familiar with the strategies and approaches to managing these resources at the international level, within the EU and its Member States; to identify challenges and potential opportunities for more efficient use of natural resources in relation to sustainable development.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Tutorials

Summary

Compulsory literature:

MEADOWS, D. H., RANDERS, J. and MEADOWS D. L. (2004). Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update. White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing Co. EUROPEAN COMMISSION (2010b). Communication from the Commission. Europe 2020. A Strategy for Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth. COM(2010) 2020. Available at: . EUROPEAN COMMISSION (2011). Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe. COM(2011) 571 final, 20.9.2011. Available at: .

Recommended literature:

EUROPEAN COMMISSION (2010a). Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. Europe 2020 Flagship Initiative. Innovation Union. COM(2010) 546 final. Available at: . EUROPEAN COMMISSION (2011c). Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. Our Life Insurance, Our Natural Capital: An EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020. COM(2011) 244 final. Available at: .

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

E-learning

Other requirements

tasks in the seminars, a presentation in the predefined topic

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. Introduction: natural resources and natural capital, basic definitions, historical development of approaches to the resource management at the international level and the EU level. 2. Current strategies and approaches to resource management; Europe 2020 Strategy; A Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe; circular economy. 3. Issues and policies for the use and protection of biodiversity at the international level and the EU level. 4. Problems and policy of land use and protection at the international and the EU level. 5. Issues and policies of forest use and protection at the international and the EU level. 6. The EU Common Agricultural Policy. 7. Water management issues and policies at the international and the EU level. 8. The EU Fisheries and Maritime Policy; addressing marine protection issues at international level. 9. The EU energy policy. 10. The EU raw material policy.

Conditions for subject completion

Part-time form (validity from: 2019/2020 Winter semester, validity until: 2020/2021 Summer semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Examination Examination 100  51 3
Mandatory attendence participation: 50%

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2020/2021 (B0311A050004) Applied Economics (S01) International Economic Relations K Czech Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2019/2020 (B0311A050004) Applied Economics (S01) International Economic Relations K Czech Ostrava 2 Choice-compulsory type B study plan

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