Ecological Design and Expertise

Module Name

Ecological Design and Expertise

Identification code

M1.В.ДВ.1.2

Subtitle

Courses embedded

Term

Term 2

Coordinator

Teachers

Prof. Rogova V.P.

Tuition language

Russian

Programme involvement

Compulsory MSc Environmental Management and Audit

Teaching form,

contact time per week

class size

Lectures: 18 h, seminars: 18 h

15

Workload overall

Contact time

116h

42h

ECTS credit points

3

Preconditions prescribed

The following fundamental disciplines are considered to be the theoretical basis for the course: “Ecology”, “Geoecology”, “Principles of Nature Management”, “Ecological Law”, “Human Ecology”, “Geology”, “Landscape Study”.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge of theory, methodology and practical techniques of environmental statement of household and some other activities at the level of technical-economic statement, designing, constructing and maintaining of the projects; normative legal basis of geoecological design; basic skills of expert work in the area of geoecology.

Content

Explanation of fundamentals of ecological design and expertise methodology; notion of the basic laws of the influences of various types of household activities on geosystems; understanding of the effect of these influences and ways of smoothing and eliminating of such; analysis of specific character of ecological design of geotechnical systems of the same type in various area-provincial landscape conditions; negative and positive experience of ecological design and expertise in our country and abroad.

Assessment

Test (100%)

Teaching media

Powerpoint – presentations, handouts.

References

Bashkin V.P. Ecological Risk Management. – M.: Scientific World, 2005.

Landscape Design: Principles, Methods, European and Russian Experience. – Irkutsk: Institute of Geography SD RAS Publishing House, 2002.

Dyakonov K.N., Doncheva A.V. Ecological Design and Expertise. – M.: Aspect-Press Publishing House, 2002-2005.

Doncheva A.V. Ecological Design and Expertise: Practice. – M.: Aspect-Press Publishing House, 2005.

Ecological Expertise / Ed. by Pitulko V.M. – M.: Academia Publishing House, 2004.

Contact

(+73952)521072