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Lecturer(s)
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Opršal Zdeněk, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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This course aims to explore the relationship between the environment and human society. It consists of several thematic blocks. The first block discusses different views on the causes of environmental problems (the tragedy of the commons; population growth, poverty; capitalism and laissez-faire; communism and directive socio-economic systems). The second session focuses on two specific socio-ecological systems that are significantly represented in the less developed countries of the world - arid regions and tropical forest areas. The interactions between human society and the natural environment are critically examined with respect to the possibilities and limits of (sustainable) development in these areas. Different theoretical approaches introduced in the first part of the course are applied in analyzing the causes and possible solutions to environmental problems in these areas. In the third section, responses to environmental issues are discussed, particularly the strengths and weaknesses of different forms of natural resource management in specific socio-cultural and environmental contexts.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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Learning outcomes
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The main aim of the course is to provide the understanding of the ways environment and society are related and interconnected in the less developed countries.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam
For succesful completion of the course, students are required to complete an exam covering the course material.
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Recommended literature
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Adams, W. M. (2020). Green Development: Environment and Sustainability in a Developing World. Fourth Edition. London, New York: Routledge.
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Breyfogle, Nicholas (ed.). (2018). Eurasian Environments. Nature and Ecology in Imperial Russian and Soviet History. University of Pittsburgh.
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Castree N. (et al.) (eds.). (2009). A companion to environmental geography. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester.
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Davis, D. (2016). The Arid Lands. History, Power, Knowledge. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
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Fairhead, J., Leach, M. (2011). Misreading the Africal Landscape. Society and Ecology in a Forest-savanna Mosaic. Cambridge University Press.
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Nuan, F. 2015. Understanding Poverty and the Environment. Analytical Frameworks and Approaches. Routledge..
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Paul Robbins, John G. Hintz, Sarah A. Moore. (2022). Environment and Society: A Critical Introduction (Critical Introductions to Geography) 3rd Edition. Wiley-Blackwell; 3rd edition.
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Stevenson, Hayley. (2018). Global Environmental Politics. Problems, Policy and Practice.. Cambridge University Press.
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Wunder, Sven. (2000). The Economics of Deforestation. Palgrave Macmillan, London.
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