Environmental Policy and Institutions

Course unit code

Area: 38.04.02 Management

Course unit title

Environmental policy and institutions

Name(s), surname(s) and title of lecturer(s)

Mikhail Mochalov – candidate of economic sciences

Valeriy Zemtsov – doctor of geographical sciences, professor   

Level of course

Master

Semester

2

ECTS credits

5

Working hours

Contact hours

84

lectures

24

seminars

24

practical classes

laboratory classes

consultations/examination

36

Self-study

96

Total

180

Work placement

Environmental experts in the firms and governmental bodies

Prerequisites

Bachelor diploma in Management or Ecology and nature management

Language of instruction

English

Objectives of the course

Learning outcomes

A student’s assessments methods

- to study development of relationships between environment and society, and applicability of market mechanizms in the area of its regulation;  

а) intercultural:

- to understand interconnections between economical decisions and social and environmental welfare;

- to be able to analyse of existing ecological-economic situation;

- to have a techniques of environmental impact assessment of the processes of production and consumption;

Presentations, tests, brain stormings, and oral exam.

- to study environmental impact assessment in the Russian Federation and European countries;

- to know the principles of formation and realization of State environmental policy;

- to be able to develop draft decisions of governmental bodies on the municipal and regional levels.

- to study legislative base and institutions, regulating relationships between environment and society in the Russian Federation and Western countries;

b) professional:

- to know the experience of the RF and foreign countries in formation of environmental policy;

- to be able to develop the typical environmental actions; assess environmental impacts of planned economic activities;

- to have a skills of team work and operational analysis of environmental impacts.

Teaching methods

Lectures, group work, delivery of individual presentations, independent study of literature, case studies, role plays, brainstorming.

Course unit content

Course objective –     

Problems of interaction between society and environment;

Approaches to environmental impact assessment;

Specialties of legislative regulation of interaction between society, economy and environment.

Gained knowledge and skills:

• to creatively use of knowledge about specialties of relationships in the field of nature management;
• to practically apply the methods of environmental impact assessment in the projects development process;
• to take into account interests of all stakeholders and legislative basis in the process of activity, related to environmental pollution;
• to analyze an international and internal political situation in the field of environmental protection;
• to develop practical recommendations to solve nature management problems in the region.

List of Topics

Topic title

Contact hours

Assignments and independent study hours

1. History of nature management regulation development. History of development of views about interaction between society and the environment. Influence of political and institutional organization of the state on the process of nature management regulation and environmental pollution.

8

8

2. Interaction between economy and the environment. Directions of interaction between economy and environment. Appearance of flows of resources, production and pollutions. Complex Integrated scheme of interaction between economy and the environment.

8

8

3. Problem of environmental pollution and externalities. Definition of externalities. Appearance of externalities and ways of impacts. Variants of internalization of externalities. State regulation and approach of A. Pigou. Market regulation and approach of R. Coase. Necessity of integrated approach to regulation.

8

10

4. Environmental impact assessment. Necessity of integrated environmental impact assessment. Stakeholders in the process of environmental impact assessment. Environmental impact assessment in the European countries. Environmental impact assessment in Russian Federation. Economical appraisal of environmental impacts.

12

12

5. International environmental law. Development of international environmental law. Development of international environmental institutions. Influence of international law and international institutions on the development of countries.

12

12

6. Russian legislation and state institutions in the field of environmental protection. Development of Russian legislation in the field of environmental protection. Development of governmental structures in the field of environmental protection. Acting environmental legislation.

12

12

7. A case study on water resource management. Inland water systems as valuable environmental assets. Hydrological cycle. Integrated water resource management. Characteristic features of a modern model of environmental management: the Deming cycle, hierarchy, participation of interested parties in decision making, continuous improvement .

8

10

8. Water policies and institutions. Flood control: constructional and non-constructional means for water management. Management of water quality. 

8

12

9. Federal, watershed, regional and municipal levels of water resources management. Transboundary water problems. Management of transboundary rivers and watersheds.

Water management at the firm level. International standards for environmental management (the ISO14000 series)    

8

12

Total

84

96

Reading list

Year of publishing

Authors and title of the publication

Publishing house

1937

Coase R.H. The nature of the firm [Text] / R.H. Coase // – 1937. – Vol. 4. – № 5. – P 27-72.

Economica.

1960

Coase R.H. The problem of social costs [Text] / R.H. Coase // Journal of Law and Economics. – 1960. – Vol. 3. – № 1. – P. 56-118.

Journal of Law and Economics.

1996

Common M. Environmental and Resource Economics An Introduction [Text] / M. Common. – 2nd ed. – Harlow : Longman, 1996. – 342 p.

Harlow Longman

1989

Lee N. Environmental impact assessment: a training guide [Text] / N. Lee. 153 p.

Manchester

1990

Pearce D. Economics of Natural Resource and The Environment [Text] / D. Pearce, K. Turner. – Harvester Wheatsheaf. – 378 p.

Harvester Wheatsheaf

1996

Tietenberg T. Environmental and Natural Resource Economics [Text] / T. Tietenberg. – 435 p.

New York

1996

Perry J., Vanderklein E. Water  Quality:  Management  of  a Natural Resource. – 639 p.

Blackwell Science

1998

Newson M. Land, Water and Development: Sustainable Management of River Basin Systems /2nd ed. – London and New York: Routledge, 1998. – 423 p.

London and New York: Routledge

2000

EC (2000). Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy // Official Journal of the European Communities L327, 22.12.2000. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02000L0060-20140101&from=EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

2005

Daniel P. Loucks and Eelco van Beek. Water Resources Systems Planning and Management. An Introduction to Methods, Models and Applications. – 680 p.

UNESCO Publishing

2015

ISO 14001:2015(en)

Environmental management systems – Requirements with guidance for use

ISO

Additional reading

Year of publishing

Authors and title of the publication

Publishing house

1985

Behrens P. The firm as a complex institution [Text] / P. Behrens.  Vol. 141. – № 1. – P. 29-47.

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

1987

Davis D.G. Property rights and transaction costs: theory and evidence of privately-owned and governmently-owned enterprises [Text] / D.G. Davis, P.F. Brucato . Vol. 143. – № 1. – P. 47-78.

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

1991

Johansson P. Per-Olv Valuing Environmental Damage, Economic Policy Towards The Environment [Text] / P. Johansson. 231 p.

Oxford : Blackwell

2009

Планирование и управление водохозяйственными системами. Введение в методы, модели и приложения / И. ван Бик, П. Лаук; Под ред. В.М.Селиверстовой; Федеральное агентство водных ресурсов; пер. с англ. А.В.Степанов и др. – 660 с.

М.: Юстицинформ

2002

State-of-the-Art Report on Systems Analysis Methods for Resolution of Conflicts in Water Resources Management. A Report Prepared for Division of Water Sciences UNESCO / Eds. K.D.W.Nandalal, S.P.Simonovic.  – 203 р.

UNESCO

2014

Olli Varis, Konrad Enckell & Marko Keskinen (2014) Integrated water resources management: horizontal and vertical explorations and the ‘water in all policies’ approach, International Journal of Water Resources Development, 30:3, 433-444. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2014.912130

International Journal of Water Resources Development

Assessment requirements

Student’s skills in this subject will be evaluated by means of presentations in the seminars, written tests and final examination.

Assessment criteria

Clear knowledge of the subjects

The composition of final accumulative mark

Current work on the lectures, seminars, marks on the tests and exam.

Authors of the course

Mikhail Mochalov – candidate of economic science

Valeriy Zemtsov – doctor of geographical science, professor