Environmental Safety and Sustainable Region Development

Module Name

Environmental Safety and Sustainable Region Development

Identification code

M1.В.ДВ.1.1

Subtitle

Courses embedded

Term

Term 2

Coordinator

Teachers

Graduate student Akhtimankina A.V.

Tuition language

Russian

Programme involvement

Compulsory MSc Environmental Management and Audit

Teaching form,

contact time per week

class size

Lectures: 18 h, seminars: 18 h

15

Workload overall

Contact time

116h

42h

ECTS credit points

3

Preconditions prescribed

The course generalizes knowledge gathered while studying of the biological, physical, chemical and geographical problems of ecology.

Learning outcomes

Getting of the idea of the necessity of nature management systems optimization and restricting according to the conception of sustainable development; knowledge of Russian and international conceptions and approaches to the implementation of global and regional strategies of efficient nature management.

Content

Analysis of time and space peculiarities of interrelation development within the “nature-society-household activity” system at global and regional levels; detection of the basic nature management laws depending on natural resources, economic, social, national, cultural-historical and some other factors; defining of the place of sustainable development conception within the nature management system for the purpose of sustainable development.

Assessment

Test (100%)

Teaching media

Powerpoint – presentations, handouts.

References

Madows D., Randers Y. Growth Limits. 30 Years After. – M.: “Academic Book”, 2007.

Mirkin B.M., Naumova L.G. Sustainable Development: Introductory Course. – M.: University Book, 2006.

Global Ecological Perspective. –M.: InterDialect+, 2002. .

Contact

(+73952)521072