Global environmental problems

Course: Transboundary Environmental Cooperation

Structural unit: heohrafichnyi fakultet

Title
Global environmental problems
Code
ОК 33
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
5 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
Know and understand the main types of geography physical activity, their division in general and in particular in the field of cross-border of ecological cooperation. (PRN2). Collect, process and analyze other formation in the field of geographical sciences for the needs of cross-border, national national, regional and local complex environmental projects Tiv. (PRN5) Analyze the composition and structure of natural and sociospheres, which are included in the sphere of cross-border, regional terraces and local projects in various fields torus-time scales for the purpose of ensuring successful environmental cooperation. (PRN9). Understand basic environmental laws, rules and principles of environmental protection and nature management and establishment advance their knowledge for the implementation of pro- objects of cross-border environmental of cooperation (PRN12). (PRN13)(PRN14)(PRN15)
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Successful mastering of the disciplines "Fundamentals of geoecology", "Biogeography fiya", "Economic and social geography of the world". 2. To know the essence of global and regional geoecological problems of today of the world; to understand the main worldview concepts of world development; effects of these threats to Ukraine and systemic approaches to their mitigation taking into account roles of the main population groups. 3. To be able to realize the values ​​of civil (free democratic society and the need for its sustainable development, to reveal the nature of tropogenic pressure in the system "man - society - nature", under conditions of insufficient information, find the necessary information on the Internet and analyze analyze the received information with regard to international environmental cooperation.
Course content
The academic discipline is devoted to the study of global problems, deepening theoretical knowledge about the state of the world at the beginning of the third millennium, formation of geo-ecological thinking and competencies in future specialists. Separate components of the discipline are coverage of the climate change process and related problematic issues of biodiversity loss. Lecture materials developed dig into the essence of global environmental problems and their mitigation in the process of achieving implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. Emphasis is placed on the problems of climate change, loss of biodiversity, pollution of the world oceans and inland seas and defi- of water resources. The functional block of the discipline involves mastering the ability to establish liaise with experts of non-governmental and governmental organizations and institutions in the gaps in cross-border environmental cooperation; defend with reason to identify and explain principles in solving professional tasks and methods of organizing a person's economic activity, in particular in its context impact on the environment and nature conservation areas and ways to achieve the Goals of Sustainable Development in Ukraine until 2030 (CSR-30).
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Руденко Л. Г. "COME ON!" Географія: актуалізація на тлі світових трендів / Л. Г. Руденко, Є. О. Маруняк, І. Г. Черваньов // Укр. геогр. журн. – 2018. – 2 (102). 2. Проекти концепції сталого розвитку України: можливість їх удосконалення та застосування". Аналітична записка / Нац. інститут стратегічних дослі- джень [Електронний ресурс]. – Режим доступу : http://www.niss.gov.ua/articles/1566/ 3. «Стан світу 2002». Доп. Інституту Всесвітнього спостереження Ред. К. Флавін та ін.,-К. Інтелсфера, 2002, с. 3-22; с. 82-109; с.203-223. 4.Стан світу 2001. Доповідь Інституту Всесвітнього спостереження про прогрес до сталого суспільства Л. Браун та інші, пер. з англ. Київ. Інтелсфера 2001 -283 с. 5.Стан світу 2000. Доповідь Інституту Всесвітнього спостереження про прогрес до сталого суспільства Л. Браун та інші, переклад з англійської Київ. Інтелсфера 2000 –312с.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
lecture, practical occupation
Assessment methods and criteria
Testing (GOOGLE -forms) blitz- poll.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Valeriy - Mykhaylenko
Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology
heohrafichnyi fakultet

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Physical Geography and Geoecology
heohrafichnyi fakultet