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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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- Introduction to natural resource sustainability - New trends and approaches in natural resource sustainability - Prospects and challenges for sustainable natural resources - Management for sustainable natural resources - Business and sustainable development in natural resource industries - Resource depletion, renewable and non-renewable resources, depletion patterns - Energy, energy raw materials, aspects of the use of "renewable" energy sources - Sustainable agri-food value chains and bioeconomy, agri-food chain management - New trends and approaches in the sustainability of food resources, food waste - current situation and future opportunities - Sustainability of forestry - Basic principles of green chemistry - Brief outline of trends in new technologies in the chemical industry. Innovation, intensification, modular technologies, new types of industrial reactors. New materials. Nanoreactors. F3 Factory. - Policy aspects of uneven distribution and use of natural resources, future development scenarios, national and international certification, legislation.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Home preparation for classes
- 40 hours per semester
- Preparation for course credit
- 10 hours per semester
- Preparation for examination
- 10 hours per semester
- Participation in classes
- 39 hours per semester
- Participation in classes
- 20 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| Overview of sustainability in general. |
| Overview of sustainability in general. |
| Characterize the basic principles of sustainability. |
| Characterize the basic principles of sustainability. |
| Characterize natural resources. |
| Characterize natural resources. |
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| Apply basic scientific methods. |
| Apply basic scientific methods. |
| Cooperate and apply knowledge in a team. |
| Cooperate and apply knowledge in a team. |
| Categorize, analyze and interpret basic knowledge of natural resource sustainability. |
| Categorize, analyze and interpret basic knowledge of natural resource sustainability. |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| Define methods for sustainability of natural resources. |
| Define methods for sustainability of natural resources. |
| Know your way around the sustainability landscape. |
| Know your way around the sustainability landscape. |
| Orientation in management for sustainable natural resources. |
| Orientation in management for sustainable natural resources. |
| Define resource exhaustibility, renewable and non-renewable resources, pumping patterns. |
| Define resource exhaustibility, renewable and non-renewable resources, pumping patterns. |
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| Manage the prospects and challenges of sustainable natural resources. |
| Manage the prospects and challenges of sustainable natural resources. |
| Plan sustainable agri-food value chains and bioeconomy, agri-food chain management. |
| Plan sustainable agri-food value chains and bioeconomy, agri-food chain management. |
| Collaborate on sustainable forest management. |
| Collaborate on sustainable forest management. |
| Improve policy aspects of uneven distribution and use of natural resources, future development scenarios, national and international certification, legislation. |
| Improve policy aspects of uneven distribution and use of natural resources, future development scenarios, national and international certification, legislation. |
| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecturing |
| Lecturing |
| Teamwork |
| Teamwork |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
| Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming) |
| assessment methods |
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| Oral examination |
| Oral examination |
| Analysis of a presentation given by the student |
| Analysis of a presentation given by the student |
| Written examination |
| Written examination |
| Composite examination (Written part + oral part) |
| Composite examination (Written part + oral part) |
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Recommended literature
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DE LARA, M., DOYEN, L. Sustainable management of natural resources: mathematical models and methods. Springer Science & Business Media. 2008.
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DELCHET-COCHET, K. Circular Economy: From Waste Reduction to Value Creation. 2020.
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JIMÉNEZ-GONZÁLES, C.; CONSTABLE, D. J. C. Green Chemistry and Engineering: A Practical Design Approach. New Jersey, 2011. ISBN 978-0-470-17087-8.
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LYNCH, D. R. Sustainable natural resource management: For scientists and engineers. Cambridge University Press. 2009.
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NAEEM, S., LIPTON, S., VAN HUYSEN, T. Sustainable Food Production: An Earth Institute Sustainability Primer. Columbia University Press, 2021. ISBN 978-0231189651.
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REZA, M. I. H., ABDULLAH, S. A. Regional Index of Ecological Integrity: A need for sustainable management of natural resources. Ecological indicator. 2011.
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SONG, M., FISHER, R., KWOH, Y. Technological challenges of green innovation and sustainable resource management with large scale data. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2019.
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WALTHER, J. V. Earth's natural resources. Jones & Bartlett Publishers. 2014.
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