Decision-makers often turn to scientists and engineers to assist them to navigate through complex environmental, health and societal challenges pervaded by systemic uncertainty, ambiguity and ethical implications.
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Environmental Management & Ethics
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)About this Course
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DTU focuses on research in technical and natural sciences that contributes to the development of society. As an industrially orientated university, our goal is to supply high-level international research based on combining theory with constructing models and empirical methods.
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
1 hour to complete
Welcome and introduction
The environmental ethical dilemmas that we face a immense. In this module, we will introduce you to our course on Environmental Management & Ethics.
1 hour to complete
1 video (Total 12 min)
3 hours to complete
Environmental ethics
In this module, we will introduce you to environmental ethics in general and three different kinds of environmental ethics in specific.
3 hours to complete
4 videos (Total 30 min)
1 hour to complete
Environmental management of wicked problems
In the past, environmental problems were local and we could use our senses to detect them. We could see them, smell them and feel them and we could develop uniform solutions to them. They were tame problems. More and more of the environmental dilemmas and problems that we face are not tame. In this module, you will learn about environmental management of wicked problems in contrast to tame problems.
1 hour to complete
1 video (Total 11 min)
5 hours to complete
Decision-support tools
Tools and methods such as cost-benefit analysis, risk assessment, technology assessment often provide support to decision-maker when it making decisions about how to best management the environment and environmental resources. These decision-support tools have different ethical foundations and different set of values embedded in them, which are important to have in mind.
5 hours to complete
6 videos (Total 80 min)
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TOP REVIEWS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT & ETHICS
by PKMay 3, 2021
The idea behind ethics is great and impressive, needs to learn by all development activists.
by PMAug 11, 2020
its very useful. content was very clear in the environmental management. its helps to learn for my studies.
by CDApr 12, 2022
This course has valuable information, bringing different decision-making tools relevant to environmental management e.g. Cost-benefit analysis and Technology assessment.
by BKAug 5, 2022
The course in quiet insightful. The instructors are facinating and the whole course arrangement displace experienced act. Thanks Coursera.
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