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Introduction to Environmental Management

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Course Unit Code040-0605/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated3 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KRU108Ing. Jana Suchánková, Ph.D.
Summary
The course provides a basic overview of the environment, includes environmental protection, the environmental threats and environmental management. Environmental aspects (that may affect the environment) and environmental impacts (negative and positive) are presented.
(There are presented environmental aspects, which can influence the environment and there are presented environmental impacts, ie changes in the environment (negative and positive) that can occur as a result of human activity.)
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The goal of the course unit is to provide student with a basic overview of environmental issues related to environmental protection, environmental threats and environmental management.
The student will be able to exclude and describe partial environmental problems and threats in relation to the environmental compartments concerned and studen will be able to critically evaluate environmental problems in relation to their circumstances of origin, currently implemented measures for their solution, etc.
Course Contents
1. Introduction to environmental protection
2. Sustainable development
3. Global view of environmental management
4. Environmental threats
5. Climate change
6. Disaster risk reduction
7. Threats associated with the extraction and processing of natural resources
8. Problems of water management
9. Problems of air pollution
10. Problems of land management
11. Waste and environment
12. Environmental Management System (EMS)
13. Human lifestyle and environmental protection
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Koncepce environmentální bezpečnosti 2021-2030 s výhledem do roku 2050, MŽP, 2020 Praha. (KEB II)
Martinovský P.: Environmentální bezpečnost v České republice. Masarykova univerzita, 2016. ISBN 978-80-210-8191-8.
Strategický rámec Česká republika 2030, Úřad vlády České republiky, Odbor pro udržitelný rozvoj, Praha 2017. 396 s. ISBN: 978-80-7440-188-6.
ČSN EN ISO 14001. Systémy environmentálního managementu – Požadavky s návodem pro použití. Praha: Úřad pro technickou normalizaci, metrologii a státní zkušebnictví, 2015. Třídící znak: 01 0901.
Jaroslav Nenadál a kol., Management kvality pro 21. století, Management Press, Praha, 2018. ISBN 978-80-726-1561-2.
Juha I. Uitto, Rajib Shaw. Sustainable Development and Disaster Risk Reduction. Springer Japan, 2016. ISBN 978-4-431-56250-4.

Koncepce environmentální bezpečnosti 2021-2030 s výhledem do roku 2050, MŽP, 2020 Praha. (KEB II)
Koncepce environmentální bezpečnosti 2016-2020 s výhledem do roku 2030, MŽP, 2015 Praha. (KEB)
Martinovský P.: Environmentální bezpečnost v České republice. Masarykova univerzita, 2016. ISBN 978-80-210-8191-8.
Strategický rámec Česká republika 2030, Úřad vlády České republiky, Odbor pro udržitelný rozvoj, Praha 2017. 396 s. ISBN: 978-80-7440-188-6.
Strategie přizpůsobení se změně klimatu v podmínkách ČR, MŽP, Praha.
ČSN EN ISO 14001. Systémy environmentálního managementu – Požadavky s návodem pro použití. Praha: Úřad pro technickou normalizaci, metrologii a státní zkušebnictví, 2015. Třídící znak: 01 0901.
Jaroslav Nenadál a kol., Management kvality pro 21. století, Management Press, Praha, 2018. ISBN 978-80-726-1561-2.
Juha I. Uitto, Rajib Shaw. Sustainable Development and Disaster Risk Reduction. Springer Japan, 2016. ISBN 978-4-431-56250-4.
Recommended Reading:
Winter, Deborah Du Nann; Koger, Susan M. The Psychology of Environmental Problems: Psychology for Sustainability. Psychology Press, 3rd Edition (March 18 2010). 504 pages. ISBN 13: 978-1848728097.
Lomborg Bjorn. The Skeptical Environmentalist. Cambridge University Press, 2001, Great Britain. 540 p. ISBN: 9780521010689.
Winter, Deborah Du Nann; Koger, Susan M. Psychologie environmentálních problémů. Portál, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7367-593-6. Počet stran 296.
Lomborg Bjorn. Skeptický ekolog. Nakladatelství Dokořán a Liberální institut, 2006 (1. vydání). 588 s. ISBN 8073630591.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Graded creditGraded credit100 (100)51
        Semestrální projektSemestral project30 18
        Aktivita ve cvičeníOther task type10 2
        Zápočtový testWritten test60 31