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Geography of Hazards and Sustainable Development

ОК 10

Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2023/2024

1 Semester

6

To know: the subject, object, and research directions of the geography of risks and sustainable development; indicators, metrics, and methods for assessing sustainable development of cities and regions; theories and concepts of eco-oriented socio-economic development; the concept of risks and key threats to sustainable development; mechanisms and tools for ensuring sustainable development; threats to sustainable development in Ukraine, and mechanisms and resources for ensuring sustainable socio-economic development, etc. To be able to: search for and systematize information on sustainable development of countries and regions, work with scientific literature; conduct comparative analysis of sustainable development in countries and regions; identify issues related to sustainable development of territories at different hierarchical levels, etc.

Full-time form

1. To know the patterns of development and distribution of production and natural resources worldwide and in Ukraine, the characteristics of global human problems, stages of the formation of the world political map, the characteristics of the global economy and its main components, as well as the features of physical and chemical processes that occur during the negative impact of human activity on the environment. 2. To be able to analyze complex processes in the system: "environment – human – economy," identify cause-and-effect relationships that arise in socio-geographical complexes, and defend one’s position when discussing issues of sustainable development. 3. To possess basic skills in working with cartographic sources, internet software, and regulatory legal documents.

The course covers the concepts of risks and their spatial dimension, along with the directions and methods for managing them at various hierarchical levels. It provides a characterization of the geographical features of the distribution of key risks: natural, technological, ecological, social, economic, and political. The role and significance of sustainable development as a mechanism for mitigating risks is explored through: 1) theoretical models of eco-safe development aimed at addressing global human problems; 2) the system of UN international documents that outline the basic concepts of sustainable development; 3) indicators of sustainable development for countries and regions that allow for the identification of areas with the highest risk levels; 4) economic and regulatory mechanisms for mitigating major threats and transitioning to an ecologically safe development trajectory.

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Lectures, seminar sessions, preparation of a report, discussion, independent work

The course consists of two thematic parts. Classes are held in the form of lectures and seminar sessions. The discipline concludes with a credit. Throughout the semester, thematic control assignments are conducted in the form of tests and questions with detailed answers after the completion of the corresponding topics. Students' knowledge and skills are also assessed during their presentations at seminars, participation in discussions, and writing reports on assigned topics.

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