Course unit content
<br /> Parks, wildlife parks, oases and other protected areas: the Italian situation and prospects. General policy law on protected areas and other normative references in Italy and in Europe. Relations between ecology and economy: economic growth models, conservation and ''sustainable development''. Ecotourism. Planning and managerial methods for natural resources. The ''water'' resource. Introduction to landscape ecology.<br />Perturbing agents and anthropic pressure: preservation from degradation, protection of biodiversity, environmental monitoring. Agroecosystems: use of land and agricultural production, pesticides, fight against parasites, intercropping, gmo. Organic and biodynamic agriculture. Urbanized regions: city ''ecology'', urban pollution, transport of persons and goods. The ''leisure time'' resource. City and environmental safety<br />Energy, supply and demand. Comparison of renewable and non-renewable sources. Energy, environment and environmental risk in the light of the Kyoto protocol. Photovoltaic, wind and geothermal energy with study of applicative cases.<br />For references, updates and specific documentation: http:/ /ecologia.alturl.com/<br />
Bibliography
<br />CunninghamW.P. - Cunningham M.A. - Saigo B.W.7.a Ediz., 2004, 352 pp. - (McGraw-Hill)- http://www.ateneonline.it/cunningham/homeB.asp<br /><br /><br /><br />As regards:<br /><br /><br /><br />Introduction - learn to learn<br />Chapter 5 - Nature conservation<br />Chapter 6 - Biodiversity<br />Chapter 11 - Traditional energy sources<br />Chapter 12 - Renewable energy sources<br />Chapter 14 - Urbanization and sustainable cities <br />Chapter 15 - What should be done then?Lecture notes will be made available during the course.
Teaching methods
<br /><br />Classroom lectures with overhead projector slides and transparencies. Use of teaching material on videocassettes.<br /> <br />Multiple choice questionnaire or assessment by oral examination. Presentation of short papers drafted with presentation software (doc - pps - pdf - ...).
