Course: Methods of valuation of nature's functions and services

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Course title Methods of valuation of nature's functions and services
Course code KZP/1MVNF
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 15
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)
  • Seják Josef, doc. Ing. CSc.
Course content
1. Life and ecosystems in the biosphere as a manifestation of the second law of thermodynamics 2. National economies, globalization and their impacts on the quality and health of nature 3. Limits of theories of economic value, methods of nature evaluation and conditions of sustainability 4. Methods of nature assessment for real integration of economic activities with the restoration of the natural capital

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
learning outcomes
Knowledge
student understands the most important features of existing theories of economic value, can use them creatively in measuring the costs and benefits of basic ecosystem functions and services and in applications and decisions in specific projects and concepts of effective landscape restoration.
Recommended literature
  • COSTANZA, R.; DE GROOT, R.; BRAAT, L.; KUBISZEWSKI, I.; FIORAMONTI, L.; SUTTON P.; FARBER S.; GRASSO, M. Twenty years of ecosystem services: How far have we come and how far do we still need to go?. Ecosystem Services, 28, 1-16. 2017.
  • COSTANZA, R., DE GROOT, R., SUTTON, P., VAN DER PLOEG, S., ANDERSON, S. J., KUBISZEWSKI, I., FARBER, S., TURNER, R. K. Changes in the global value of ecosystem services. GLOBAL ENVIRON CHANG 26: 152?158. 2014.
  • DALY, H.; FARLEY, J. Ecological Economics, Principles and Applications. 2nd ed. sland Press, Washington, Covelo, London, 2011. ISBN 978-1-59726-681-9.
  • SEJÁK J. Sustainable Environmental and Natural Resource Economics. FŽP UJEP, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7414-877-4.
  • SCHNEIDER, E.D.; SAGAN, D. Into the Cool, Energy Flow, Thermodynamics, and Life, 1st ed. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, U.S.A., 2005. ISBN 0-226-73936-8.


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