Course: Sustainability of Natural Resources

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Course title Sustainability of Natural Resources
Course code LUEB/2UPZ
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Snopek Lukáš, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
- 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.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Home preparation for classes - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for examination - 10 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
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.
Skills
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
Knowledge
Definovat metody udržitelnosti přírodních zdrojů.
Definovat metody udržitelnosti přírodních zdrojů.
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.
Skills
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
Knowledge
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Teamwork
Teamwork
Lecturing
Lecturing
assessment methods
Analysis of a presentation given by the student
Analysis of a presentation given by the student
Oral examination
Oral examination
Written examination
Written examination
Composite examination (Written part + oral part)
Composite examination (Written part + oral part)
Recommended literature
  • DE LARA, M., DOYEN, L. Sustainable management of natural resources: mathematical models and methods. Springer Science & Business Media. 2008.
  • DELCHET-COCHET, K. Circular Economy: From Waste Reduction to Value Creation. 2020.
  • JIMÉNEZ-GONZÁLES, C.; CONSTABLE, D. J. C. Green Chemistry and Engineering: A Practical Design Approach. New Jersey, 2011. ISBN 978-0-470-17087-8.
  • LYNCH, D. R. Sustainable natural resource management: For scientists and engineers. Cambridge University Press. 2009.
  • NAEEM, S., LIPTON, S., VAN HUYSEN, T. Sustainable Food Production: An Earth Institute Sustainability Primer. Columbia University Press, 2021. ISBN 978-0231189651.
  • REZA, M. I. H., ABDULLAH, S. A. Regional Index of Ecological Integrity: A need for sustainable management of natural resources. Ecological indicator. 2011.
  • 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.
  • WALTHER, J. V. Earth's natural resources. Jones & Bartlett Publishers. 2014.


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