Unit CIRCULAR ECONOMY
- Course
- Management and food italian culture
- Study-unit Code
- A003243
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Paolo Polinori
- CFU
- 12
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2024
- Offered
- 2024/25
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa integrata
ANALYSIS OF BIOECONOMIC SYSTEMS
| Code | A003245 |
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| CFU | 6 |
| Teacher | Paolo Polinori |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Economico |
| Academic discipline | SECS-P/01 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Language of instruction | Lecture will be held in Italian. International and Erasmus students can attend the course. Teaching materials are available in English. Written and/or oral examinations can be made in English. Please, send a mail to the Lecturer to book an appointment in the first week of lessons. |
| Contents | The course develops and applies the principles of economics to environmental issues. Both microeconomic and macroeconomic aspects shall be analysed, also taking into account economic policies relating to the safeguarding and sustainable management of natural resources. The interdependencies between the various economic policy instruments will be examined. The course introduces the principles of the bioeconomy both on the supply and demand side highlighting the opportunities offered by an economy based on the sustainable usage of biological resources. |
| Reference texts | Bresso M. Economia ecologica; Jaka Book 2021. Lecture notes Articles Chapters of Book Video |
| Educational objectives | Apply economic models to explain the causes of environmental problems related to production and consumption activities. Evaluate economic and social instruments of economic and environmental policy. Implement economic and environmental assessment. Know the principles of bioeconomy. Interact with stakeholders involved in the management of natural and environmental resources. |
| Prerequisites | No one |
| Teaching methods | The course is organized as follows. a) lectures covering all the topics of the program and related exercises; b) watching films and documentaries related to the topics of the course; c) organization of seminars; d) group work. |
| Other information | More info will be provided in class and made available on the platform moodle : https://www.unistudium.unipg.it/unistudium/ |
| Learning verification modality | Oral exam Verbal presentation of models of environmental economics Verbal presentation of bioeconomic principles. Oral presentation of the principles of evaluation of the economic value of environmental services Analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of economic policy cases on environmental control Intermediate written tests will be carried out. |
| Extended program | Basic elements of micro and macroeconomics Basic elements of economic policy Sustainable development Market failure Methods of environmental assessment Economic regulation of natural resources Introduction to the bioeconomy Technical progress and bioeconomy Consumption and bioeconomy Production and bioeconomy Bioeconomy and sustainable development. |
| Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile | Responsible consumption and production Health and well-being Acting for the climate |
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
| Code | A003244 |
|---|---|
| CFU | 6 |
| Teacher | Paolo Polinori |
| Teachers |
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| Hours |
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| Learning activities | Caratterizzante |
| Area | Economico |
| Academic discipline | SECS-P/01 |
| Type of study-unit | Obbligatorio (Required) |
| Language of instruction | Lecture will be held in Italian. International and Erasmus students can attend the course. Teaching materials are available in English. Written and/or oral examinations can be made in English. Please, send a mail to the Lecturer to book an appointment in the first week of lessons. |
| Contents | The climate, society and economy are undergoing extreme and drastic changes. These crises involve aspects of life and the planet, such as: supply of raw materials, pollution, territorial and social fragility, economic instability and pandemics. This framework requires appropriate and targeted countermeasures, aimed at re-establishing a paradigm based on an ecological, sustainable, resilient, ethical and inclusive approach. This goal of local resilience requires the involvement of all actors as bearers of a "collective" interest and well-being. The course focuses on the topics of the circular economy. The course contents provide an understanding of these topics from the perspective of economic and social impact. |
| Reference texts | Matteo Carbone (2022) Economia circolare e resilienza locale. Macerata : Edizioni Simple Martin Charter -editor- (2019) Designing for the Circular Economy, London: Routledge Lecture notes |
| Educational objectives | At the end of the course, students will have the necessary knowledge to analyze, from the point of view of the Circular Economy, environmental issues, natural resource management and climate change issues. Students will be able to apply theories and models related to the assessment of circular sustainability of economic processes. Students will be able to deepen the complex relationship between economic processes and ecological systems. |
| Prerequisites | No one |
| Teaching methods | The course is organized as follows. a) lectures covering all the topics of the program and related exercises; b) watching films and documentaries related to the topics of the course; c) organization of seminars; d) group work. |
| Other information | More info will be provided in class and made available on the platform moodle : https://www.unistudium.unipg.it/unistudium/ |
| Learning verification modality | Final oral examination and intermediate written tests |
| Extended program | The Circular Economy: Theory Introductory economic and technological concepts Sustainability Natural resources Economic growth Sustainable Development Circularity LCA The 4 Rs of circularity: reduce, reuse, recycle/ regenerate, recover Circularity and business models Circularity and EU strategies and policies Circular Economy: applications The economics of Climate Change: CBA The Politics of Climate Change Carbon pricing and carbon tax vs ETS The climate as a global public good International agreements on climate change |
| Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile | Industry, innovation and infrastructure Clean and affordable energy Responsible consumption and production |