Conservation and Natural Resource Management

Major: Environmental Studies
Code of subject: 6.101.00.O.069
Credits: 5.00
Department: Ecology and Sustainable Environmental Management
Lecturer: PhD, Assoc. Prof. Nataliia Vronska
Semester: 6 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: Program competencies: • acquisition of theoretical skills of studying the state, accounting and planning of rational use of natural resources of the city. • knowledge of laws, rules and conceptual principles of sustainable development and global environmental management. Program results: • demonstrate an understanding of ways and methods to improve the use of nature and the basics of rational use of energy resources based on methods of using energy and resource-saving advanced technologies.
Required prior and related subjects: • Hydrology, • Analytical chemistry and physico-chemical methods of analysis, • Technоecology, • Urban ecology.
Summary of the subject: Environmental Management: Environmental Degradation. Basic laws, rules and principles of ecology and Environmental management. Conceptual principles of sustainable development and global Environmental management. Natural resources and problems of their use. Optimization of technogenic impact on the environment. The mechanism of Environmental management.
Assessment methods and criteria: • Tutorial Exercises, Seminars, Oral presentations (30%); • Final Examination (control measure, Exam) :Written / Oral (70%).
Recommended books: 1. Сафранов Т.А. Екологічні основи природокористування: Навч. Посіб. Для студ. ВНЗ. – Л.: Новий Світ – 2000, 2003. – 248 с. 2. Генсірук С.А. Регіональне природокористування: Навч. Посібник. – Львів: Світ, 1992. – 336 с.: іл.. 3. Токар Ю.С., Караван Ю.В. Основи раціонального природокористування: Посібник.- Львів: ЛНУ імені Івана Франка, 2000.- 159 с.