JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM
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JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM
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Course code KGEO/0153
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
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-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Riezner Jiří, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Louda Jiří, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
The concept of ecosystem services was developed in the '90s of 20th century as a reaction on increasing pressure on natural resources (the key importance in this development have ecological economists such as Daily or Constanza). The main purpose of this concept is to express value of ecosystem services for their users and benefits that raise from their societal protection. The aim of this course is to introduce: a) the concept of ecosystem services, b) different attitudes to their valuation and c) the application on case studies. The students will be able to understand the anthropogenic value of the nature, to adopt different approaches of the environmental valuation of ecosystem services and to use this knowledge for the formulation of the regional development.

Prerequisites
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Recommended literature
  • Bastian, O. - Grunewald, K. 2012. Ökosystemdienstleistungen: Konzept, Methoden und Fallbeispiele. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Spektrum. 1. vyd. ISBN 978-3-8274-2986-5.
  • Constanza, R. d´Arge, R. deGroot, Farber, S. Grasso, M. Hannon, B., Limburg, K. naeem. S., O´Neil, R. Paruelo et al. 1997. The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital. Nature 387:253-260..
  • Daily, G. 1997. Nature's Services: Societal Dependence on Natural Ecosystems. Island Press, Washington, D.C..
  • De Groot, R.S., Alkemade, R., Braat, L., Hein, L., Willemen, L. 2010. Challenges in integrating the concept of ecosystem services and values in landscape planning, management and decision making. Ecological Complexity 7:260-272..
  • De Groot, R.S. 1992. Functions of Nature: Evaluation of Nature in Environmental Planning, Management and Decision-making. Wolters-Noordhoff, Groningen..
  • Freeman, A. M. 2003. The measurement of environmental and resource values: theory and methods. Washington: Resources for the Future..
  • Norgaard, R.B. 2010. Ecosystem services: From eye-opening metaphor to complexity blinder. Ecological Economics. 69(6):1219-1227..
  • OECD. 1997. Evaluating the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Economic Instruments in Environmental Policy, Paris: OECD..
  • OECD. 2008. Strategic Environmental Assessment and Ecosystem Services. Paris: OECD..
  • Ostrom, E., Polski, M.M. 1999. An Institutional Framework for Policy Analysis and Design. http://mason.gmu.edu/~mpolski/documents/PolskiOstromIAD.pdf, <15/04/2013>.


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JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM, date of update: 01.12.2025 23:50. Data created for academic year 2025/2026