JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM
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Course: Identification and evaluation of ecosystem services provided by nature

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Course title Identification and evaluation of ecosystem services provided by nature
Course code KGEO/M317
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
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
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to introduce students into cocept of ecosystem services, which has been developing in recent decades and is still gaining in importance. Students will therefore be presented with the various benefits of ecosystem services to understand the value of nature for human society. They will get acquainted with various approaches to ecosystem services evaluation and the spectrum of data used. Based on the acquired theoretical knowledge they will be able to formulate their own proposals for measures to increase the value of nature. The course will provide students with an internationally established concept of trans-disciplinary character. It will support students' ability to use geographical education in other close area of research and practical application.

Prerequisites
- participation at all meetings - development of a semester project in a team - presentation of the semester project

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Bastian, O. - Grunewald, K. 2012. Ökosystemdienstleistungen: Konzept, Methoden und Fallbeispiele. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Spektrum. 1. vyd. ISBN 978-3-8274-2986-5.
  • Braat L, Groot R. The ecosystem services agenda: bridging the worlds of natural science and economics, conservation and development, and public and private policy. Ecosystems services 1, 4-15. 2012.
  • 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>.
  • Seják J. et al. Valuing Ecosystem Functions and Services in the Czech Republic. Ústí nad Labem, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7414-391-5.


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JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM, date of update: 01.11.2024 23:51. Data created for academic year 2024/2025