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The course addresses ecosystem services, their value for society, the causes of their degradation, the stakeholders involved in their provision and use, and policies to reduce their degradation. One focus is on environmental economics approaches, highlighting their potential and limitations. During the spring of 2023 this course will focus on these issues through the case of the Brazilian Amazon.
The course teaches concepts and methodologies of sustainability assessment. A special focus is given to the social dimension and to social justice as a guiding principle of sustainability. The format of the course is seminar-like, interactive.
The course addresses environmental policies, focusing on new steering approaches, which are generally summarized as environmental governance. The course also provides students with tools to analyze environmental policy processes and assesses the key features of environmental governance by examining various practical environmental policy examples.
Forest and Landscape Products and services
Wald- und Landschaftsprodukte: Sozialwissenschaftliche Aspekte
Formulation of the design of a typology of goods and services, which can be offered in the context of forest and landscape. To be acquainted with the anatomical, technical and economical dimensions of wood. Theoretical and methodological basics to valuate forest and landscape products and services will be introduced in economic, political, juridical and socio-cultural perspectives.
Integrated Practical: Analysis of Conflicts in Species Conservation
Integriertes Praktikum: Konflikte im Artenschutz verstehen
The objective of this course is to analyse a concrete conflict in the context of species conservation. It is based on concepts from social sciences and natural sciences. The conflict will be examined from the perspectives of all affected stakeholders. The aim is to demonstrate how conflicts among stakeholders can be resolved to achieve a mutually agreed consensus.
This course provides an overview on the theory of human- environment systems (HES). Thereby general approaches as well as different perspectives on the theory of HES are presented in detail (i.e. psychological, political, economic and cultural perspective).
Land use institutions and policies (Basic theories)
Institutionelle Regelungen der Landnutzung (Theoretische GL)
Introduction of the concept of owner-and user-centered institutionalism and its application in the context of the sustainable use of natural resources. Interface between institutional rules and norms and use of natural resources such as water, forest, meadows, natural and cultural landscapes.
Land use institutions and policies (Seminar)
Institutionelle Regelungen der Landnutzung (Seminar)
Introduction of the concept of owner-and user-centered institutionalism and its application in the context of the sustainable use of natural resources. Interface between institutional rules and norms and use of natural resources such as water, forest, meadows, natural and cultural landscapes.
Resource and Environmental Economics
Ressourcen- und Umweltökonomie
Relationship between economy and environment, market failure, external effects and public goods, contingent valuation, internalisation of externalities; economics of non-renewable resources, economics of renewable resources, cost-benefit analysis, sustainability, and international aspects of resource and environmental economics.
Seminar for Bachelor Students: Human Environment Systems
Seminar für Bachelor-Studierende: Mensch-Umwelt Systeme
Analysis and presentation of research papers from the involved chairs, relating to topics from human-environment systems.