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Sustainable Production and Consumption

Language of instruction čeština
Code 546-0801
Abbreviation UVS
Course title Sustainable Production and Consumption
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Jana Kodymová, Ph.D.

Summary

Global material flows, exploration of resources, consumers and producers approach. Tools for minimization of production/consumption on environment.

Literature

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis,
published in 2005 by Island Press. (http://www.millenniumassessment.org/documents/document.356.aspx.pdf)
Environmental Science. Understanding, protecting and managing the environment in the Baltic Sea Region. Editors: Lars Rydén, Pawel Migula and Magnus Andersson. BUP Uppsala 2003 (http://www2.balticuniv.uu.se/bup-3/index.php/public/textbooks-course-materials/course-materials/environmental-science)
Web sources: www.wbcsd.org, www.unido.org, www.unep.org, www.who.org,
www.mzp.cz, www.cemc.cz,
Agenda 21. https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/Agenda21.pd
ASHBY, M. F., Didac FERRER I BALAS and Jordi SEGALÀS. [2016]. Materials and sustainable development. Amsterdam: Elsevier/BH.

Advised literature

Web sources: www.mzp.cz,www.cemc.cz,www.cenia.cz
Various scientific journals
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/green-growth/index_en.htm
Resource Efficiency (www.unido.org)
US EPA: Principlles of Pollution Prevention and Cleaner Production.
An International Training Course. 1999 (electronic version at lecturer)
Manual on the Development of Cleaner Production Policies — Approaches and Instruments. UNIDO CP Programme, Vienna 2002