Enrollment year
2021/2022
Academic discipline
SECS-P/13 (COMMODITY STUDIES)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Course
GEOSCIENCES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Curriculum
GEOSCIENCES FOR SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES
Period
2nd semester (01/03/2023 - 09/06/2023)
Lesson hours
48 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN TEST
Prerequisites
The course has a highly interdisciplinary character and links with other scientific and commodity teachings. It is carried out in such a way that it
can be followed with profit by the students without any preliminary preparation. An open approach is required, in particular towards scientific and technical aspects concerning the relationship between natural resources, production cycles and the environment, sustainability.
Learning outcomes
The course aims to provide students with basic knowledge about the types of sustainable capital from which we derive goods and services and need to improve the quality of our lives. The interactions among the five capitals will be traced as a complex system outlining and managing the Anthropocene, a period strongly affected by the reciprocal relationships between the environment, society, technology and the economy.
Course contents
The course topics are organized into the following units:
M1 - Introduction to capital theory
M2 - Natural capital and environmental sustainability
M3 - Social and economic capital, social and economic sustainability
M4 - Manufacturing capital and technological sustainability
For units M2 - M4, assessment models will be covered.
M5 - Other approaches to sustainability
- Introduction to the concept of circularity
- Circular economy and sustainability
- Risk management and sustainability
M6 - Resource management and sustainability
Teaching methods
The course is organized in classroom-taught, supplemented by seminars held by external speakers with specific expertise on the subject.
Reccomended or required readings
Teaching materials provided by teachers
Assessment methods
Knowledge will be assessed by a final exam, in written form. The test aims to determine the knowledge acquired on the main contents of the course and consists of open questions and multiple-choice questions.
Further information
The teaching materials used during the course is available on the digital teaching platform Kiro
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030
Università di Pavia - Offerta formativa