20702506 - ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS

The course aims to investigate the environmental questions nowadays of great relevance which are becoming a fundamental challenge for the future of our planet. The course insists on both environmental problems and on possible solutions to address them.

Curriculum

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Mutuazione: 20702506 POLITICA DELL'AMBIENTE in Strategie culturali per la cooperazione e lo sviluppo LM-81 DUMONT ISABELLE

Programme

Environmental policy and sustainability. The course presents a brief overview of the main schools of thought in environmental matters, following their development especially in recent decades. The course discusses then about methods and tools of environmental policy, illustrates the geography of environmental resources and examines the role of the actors in environmental policy at different geographical scales, from global to local. The problems are also analyzed through some case studies related to different parts of the world. There will be lectures and eventual workshops/excursion.

Core Documentation

MADAU Caterina, 2014,
«Entro i limiti del nostro pianeta Teorie e politiche della questione ambientale»
Bologna, PÀTRON

Supplementary book:
Enrico Giovannini e Donato Speroni, 2019
"Un mondo sostenibile in 100 foto",
Roma, Laterza
This book can be downloaded directly from the Laterza publishing house (free registration).
With regard to the second book ('Un mondo sostenibile in 100 foto'), exam questions can only cover the introduction 'La grande sfida' (pp.2- 19) and the conclusion 'Per rimanere aggiornati' (pp. 235-247). The rest of the book is not to be studied for the exam but is indispensable for one's general education and awareness as a citizen.

Type of delivery of the course

The lessons are frontal.

Attendance

Attendance is not required.

Type of evaluation

Closed-Ended Questions and Opened-Ended Questions

teacher profile | teaching materials

Mutuazione: 20702506 POLITICA DELL'AMBIENTE in Strategie culturali per la cooperazione e lo sviluppo LM-81 DUMONT ISABELLE

Programme

Environmental policy and sustainability. The course presents a brief overview of the main schools of thought in environmental matters, following their development especially in recent decades. The course discusses then about methods and tools of environmental policy, illustrates the geography of environmental resources and examines the role of the actors in environmental policy at different geographical scales, from global to local. The problems are also analyzed through some case studies related to different parts of the world. There will be lectures and eventual workshops/excursion.

Core Documentation

MADAU Caterina, 2014,
«Entro i limiti del nostro pianeta Teorie e politiche della questione ambientale»
Bologna, PÀTRON

Supplementary book:
Enrico Giovannini e Donato Speroni, 2019
"Un mondo sostenibile in 100 foto",
Roma, Laterza
This book can be downloaded directly from the Laterza publishing house (free registration).
With regard to the second book ('Un mondo sostenibile in 100 foto'), exam questions can only cover the introduction 'La grande sfida' (pp.2- 19) and the conclusion 'Per rimanere aggiornati' (pp. 235-247). The rest of the book is not to be studied for the exam but is indispensable for one's general education and awareness as a citizen.

Type of delivery of the course

The lessons are frontal.

Attendance

Attendance is not required.

Type of evaluation

Closed-Ended Questions and Opened-Ended Questions