Sustainability and Sustainable Development of Natural Resources

The course, addressed to a wide range of scientists, aims, primarily, to familiarize them with the basic concepts of sustainability, and then to provide specialized knowledge in specific issues of sustainable management of Natural Resources. The objective is also to acquire (through a multidisciplinary team) the ability to manage natural ecosystems and resources in order to satisfy (a) maintaining the balance of natural systems, (b) meeting human needs. Graduate students are provided periodically with papers, published in international journals, related to the preceding lecture, which they study and present in the classroom. In addition, during the semester, an assignment is being prepared, which is presented at the end of the semester, while dialogue, reflection, comparisons and arguments are developed. Throughout the semester the tutor oversees the course of work and the proper use of the literature.

Upon successful completion of the course, postgraduate students should have acquired specialized knowledge in the field of natural resource and ecosystem management, be able to compare the accuracy and effectiveness and evaluate management practices and / or protection policies between different countries, be able to solve problems and propose policy measures related to the natural environment, be able to combine and apply the knowledge gained in regional development planning and at a national level, etc., to contribute to the relevant research, to draw clear conclusions which they should be able to be communicated to a specialized (or not) public audience.

History of resource use,
Tragedy of the common goods,
principles and function of natural ecosystems,
approaches to natural resource management,
human population and natural resources
renewable and non-renewable natural resources,
sustainability and sustainable development, sustainability indicators,
soils (characteristics, formation), pathogenic soils, protection-restoration, efficient management
modern agriculture and its effects on ecological balance, sustainable agriculture, agro-ecosystems, agri-environmental measures
grassland ecosystems and their management,
forests and forestry policy in Greece, forest ecosystem management, agroforestry
desertification, its causes and measures to prevent it, a national strategy against desertification,
biodiversity-conservation policies,
wildlife management,
Protected areas, management plans for protected areas and outdoor recreation areas,
DPSIR models,
Community-based natural resources management – world-class examples
valuation methods of Natural Resources,
concept and methodology of carrying capacity assessment.

Final Written Project	80%
Written projects	20%

Owen, O.S., Chiras D.D., Reganold J.P., 1998. Natural Resource Conservation. 7th edition, Editions Prentice Hall, p. 594
Ffolliott P.F., Bojorquez-Tapia L.A., Hernandez-Narvaez M., 2001. Natural Resources Management Practices. Iowa State University Press, p. 237
Mather A.S., K. Chapman, 1997. Environmental Resources. Editions Longman, p. 279.
World Resources Institute, 2000. World Resources 2000-01. People and Ecosystems. The Fraying web of life. World Resources Institute, p. 389.
Arabatzis G., S. Polyzos, 2008. Natural Resources, Environment and Development. Jiola Publications, p. 736.
Makofske W.J., 2001. Technology and Global Environmental Problems. ION Publications, Athens, p. 431
Tyler Miller G., 2004. Environmental Sciences. (translated) ION Publications, p. 560.
Wright R., Boorse D., 2013. Environmental Science Towards a Sustainable Future (translated), Parisianou Publications, p. 778.
Halkos G., 2016. Natural Resources and Environmenta Economics. Disigma Publications, p. 799.

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