Environmental Geography

• the role and importance of environmental geography in science,
• the environment as a system/ecosystem,
• characteristics and environmental impacts of energy transformations and flows,
• human disturbance of biogeochemical cycles, the importance of ecosystem services and the role of succession in maintaining the natural equilibrium,
• driving forces of environmental change,
• environmental impacts of selected human activities (agriculture, energy use, industry, transport, tourism, etc.)
• state of the environment as a result of pollution/pressures on the environment, the self-cleaning capacities of the environment and society’s responses to environmental problems: atmosphere (climate change, ozone depletion, air quality), hydrosphere (water availability and quality), waste, pedo- and biosphere (biodiversity, protected areas),
• major environmental problems in Slovenia, Europe and the world.

• Dickinson, G., Murphy, K. J., 2007. Ecosystems. London, New York: Routledge. COBISS.SI-ID – 34375010
• Ecosystems and human well-being. Synthesis. 2005. Washington: Island Press, World Resources Institute. https://www.millenniumassessment.org/documents/document.356.aspx.pdf
• Park, C. C, 2001. The Environment. Principles and Applications. London, New York: Routledge. COBISS.SI-ID – 23859461
• Plut, D., 1998. Varstvo geografskega okolja. Ljubljana: Filozofska fakulteta, Oddelek za geografijo. COBISS.SI-ID – 78743296
• SOER 2020 – The European environment – state and outlook 2020. 2019. Luxembourg: European Environment Agency. https://www.eea.europa.eu/soer/publications/soer-2020

Other current literature available in the e-classroom.