Course code VidZ5009
Credit points 3
Environmental policy
Total Hours in Course81
Number of hours for lectures24
Number of hours for seminars and practical classes8
Independent study hours49
Date of course confirmation15.02.2011
Responsible UnitInstutute of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Engineering
Course developer
Ainis Lagzdiņš
Dr. sc. ing.
Course abstract
The students will obtain increased knowledge about environment as important factor in sustainable development of the society, the understanding in the main goals of environmental policy, and the insight in the principles and instruments used for the implementation process. Theoretical aspects of environmental policy gained in the lectures and practical works must provide skills to evaluate the consequences of changes in natural and social economical environment, and ability to adopt adequate decisions and search for alternative solutions.
Learning outcomes and their assessment
The study course promotes the development of critical and academic thinking. Upon completion of the course students will acquire: 1. Increased knowledge and understanding of key contemporary environmental issues from the perspective of environmental policy and standards and regulations concerning the quality of environment (water, air, soil). 2. Skills to identify and understand in the integrated way some of the regional and world’s most pressing environmental issues in all their complexity. 3. Competence to evaluate independently the consequences of implementation of different environmental and socio economical activities in local and national levels.
Compulsory reading
1. Meseršmits K., Meiere S., Ūsiņa E. Eiropas vides tiesības: mācību līdzeklis. Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte. 2003. 460 lpp.
2. Strautmanis J. Vides ētika un vides tiesības. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC. 2003. 187 lpp.
3. Kļaviņš M., Zaļoksnis J. Vide un ilgtspējīga attīstība. Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds. 2010. 334 lpp.
4. Lazdiņa Ē., Bendere R., Ozola A., Brizga J., Kauliņš J. Vides komunikācija un vides politikas integrācija. Rīga: REC Latvija: Latvijas Universitāte, 2010. 136 lpp.
Further reading
1. Andersen M.S., Liefferink D. European Environmental Policy. The Pioneers. Manchester: Manchester University Press. 1997. 340 p.
2. Dauvergne P. Handbook of Global Environmental Politics. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited. 2005. 538 p.
3. Vides politikas pamatnostādnes 2009. - 2015. gadam. [tiešsaiste] [Skatīts 08. 11. 2011.] Pieejams: : http://www.varam.gov.lv/lat/pol/ppd/?doc=9338
Periodicals and other sources
1. Vides vēstis : Vides aizsardzības kluba žurnāls. Rīga : Vides aizsardzības klubs. ISSN 1407-2939.