Planning for Sustainability
Code
11691
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente
Credits
3.0
Teacher in charge
João Miguel Dias Joanaz de Melo
Weekly hours
2
Total hours
28
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
Understanding of the concept of sustainability and its practical implications. Identification of major environment and development problems, in Portugal and in the World. Identification of major instruments for sustainability and environment policy. Understanding the role of citizens in the path towards sustainability.
Subject matter
1. Basic concepts: sustainability and its corollaries; the ecologic, social and economic dimensions; the need for a new development model and new mentality.
2. Problematic and instruments for environment and development: regulatory instruments; environmental tax reform; integrated and voluntary policies and instruments.
3. The role of citizens and NGO: history, perspectives and practice.
4. Planning for sustainability, with a focus on energy and territorial management.
Bibliography
WCED: Our Common Future (Brundtland report). The World Commission on Environment and Development. UN, 1987
IWCO: The Ocean… Our Future (Soares Report). The Independent World Commission on the Oceans. English edition: Cambridge University Press, 1998. ISBN-13: 978-0521642866
Pope Francis: Encyclic Letter Laudato Sí – On Care For Our Common Home. Libreria Editrice Vaticana, May 2015
APA: Relatório do Estado do Ambiente, Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente, Lisboa (annual report)
WWF: Living Planet Report 2016. Risk and resilience in a new era. WWW International, Gland, Switzerland, 2016. ISBN: 978-2-940529-40-7
Teaching method
Tutorials, debates, independent research and field work.
Evaluation method
Three assigments:
1. Analysis of sustainability report;
2. Home environmental diagnosis;
3. Contact organization interested in divulgation of Encyclic Laudato Sí.