Responsible Use of Natural Resources (5 cr)
Code: IE10085-3001
General information
- Enrollment
- 01.10.2024 - 31.10.2024
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 07.01.2025 - 30.04.2025
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Insinöörikoulutus / Energia- ja ympäristötekniikka (IE)
- Campus
- Wärtsilä Campus Karjalankatu 3
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 10 - 25
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Energy and Environmental Engineering
Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
After the course, you will be able to:
1) Understand the diverse values behind environmental attitudes and their implications for resource management.
2) Apply principles of environmental economics to analyse natural capital, market failures, and valuation methods for sustainable resource management.
3) Understand the impacts of climate change on precipitation, temperature, and natural disasters, and assess strategies for adaptation and mitigation.
4) Analyse global natural resource challenges, including food production, freshwater availability, mining, and forest management, and explore sustainable utilisation strategies in the context of international environmental agreements and governance mechanisms.
Content
The content of the course includes:
1) Values behind environmental attitudes
2) Basics of environmental economics
3) Climate change impacts to environment
4) Global natural resources
5) Global environmental agreements