The aim for this foundational stream course is to prepare the students to systematically think about and work towards formulating and achieving concrete environmental objectives in the world of scarce resources and competing agendas. The topics within the course include:\r\n\r\nIntroduction to the idea of management. Management mindsets: approaches to framing and resolving problems at the interface of the environment and human activities. Difference between management, policy and science.\r\nThe role of economic thinking in environmental management and the main principles and elements of such thinking;\r\nThe importance of analysis and planning for management. The nature of Environmental Assessment (EA) including Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of individual projects and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of plans and programs. Stages and elements of EIA and SEA. Integrating environmental assessment with other assessments and sustainability assessment.\r\nThe basic principles of Environmental Management Systems (EMS) \r\nDealing with complexities, uncertainties, innovation, and diversity of perceptions and perspectives interests in environmental management. \r\nManagement strategies. What is a strategy and how it may be conceived and implemented? \r\nIntroduction to Solid Waste Management (field trip).
- Instructor: Aleh Cherp