- Docente: Diego Marazza
- Credits: 6
- SSD: FIS/07
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Diego Marazza (Modulo 1) Serena Righi (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Ravenna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Environmental Assessment and Management (cod. 8418)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will know the Environmental
Management Systems (EMAS, ISO14000) and life Cycle Assessment; he
will know the economic and political instruments for environmental
management. He will be able to propose and apply environmental
management systems, correctly set up a life cycle assessment study
on a product, evaluate the problems of uncertainty, risk and the
basis of the cost-benefit analysis.
Course contents
Environmental Management: PDCA cycle, elements of Environmental
Management, Environmental Anaysis and Environmental Reports,
Environmental Aspects and Legal Obligations, Environmental
Improvement Programs, Certified Systems (EMAS, ISO14001),
Environmental Data Management, Environmental Communication.
LCA: instruments for Sustainable Development, Life Cycle
Assessment, definition of scope, goals, boudaries of a sister; use
of GABI4 software; study cases.
Environmental Economy: good value, work-value theory, utility-value
theory, social value; cost of production, market price,
externalities. Multifunction of environmental goods. Cost-benefit
analysis. Taxes as an instrument of environmental conservation.
Natural renewable and not-renewable resources. Physical and
economic indicators of abundance of resources.
Readings/Bibliography
Transparencies
Turner R.K., Pearce D.W., Bateman I. (2003) Economia ambientale, (a
cura di Pellizzari F.), il Mulino, Bologna.
Teaching methods
Lectures and practical sessions. A variety of teaching tools will be used, which might include case studies, guided discussion, group projects, individual and group presentations and lecture. Lecture will be used to transfer knowledge and highlight the key factors. Experiential activities will develop and reinforce practical application of course principles and tools.
Assessment methods
Oral test on the whole programme.
The learning assessment aims at a complete and balanced evaluation of the degree of achievement of all the objectives defined in the "learning outcomes" section.
The assessment is expressed as a grade up to thirty cum laude.
Mark will be the average of marks reported on specific questions on the different parts of the course. The student is invited to provide answers to open questions in a relatively synthetic manner through pertinent answers, also with the help of schemes and drawings.
Teaching tools
Videoprojector, PC, blackboard.
Office hours
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