NATURAL RESOURCES AND RAW MATERIALS

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

000258L

Academic Year of enrolment:

2021

Year of supply:

2022/2023

Type of Course:

Related/Supplementary

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Disciplinary Sector:

Commodity Studies

Location:

PESCARA

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

LIBERATORE Lolita

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

153

Prerequisites:

Prerequisites are not required.

Objectives

At the end of the course, students will acquire the main concepts for the management of natural resources, the main production cycles through technical and economic tool with particular attention to environmental sustainability.

Knowledge and understanding. At the end of the course the student will be able to understand the dynamics that regulate the technical and economic management of natural resources and raw materials, the processes of main industries and their sustainable environmental development.

Making judgments - The student will be able to assess the technological, economic and production of natural resources management in a multidisciplinary and integrated approach, with a particular focus on their eco-friendly implementation.

Communication skills - Teaching aims are to develop a capacity for multidisciplinary communication, combining the technical with economic terminology to evaluate the dynamics that regulate the production of natural resources and their production cycles in close relationship with the environmental system.

Contents

The course covers the main issues related to natural resource management, considering aspects such as the process, analysis and evaluation of technologies production and processing, with the resulting implications on the environment. The course explores issues related to the resources and reserves, the raw materials for the production of energy and manufacturing sectors with its environmental implications.

Extended Syllabus

- The environment system:lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere.
- The resources and raw materials.
- The scarcity of natural resources, distribution, exploitation and exhaustion.
- Raw materials energy production.
- Fossil fuels: coal, oil and natural gas.
- Nuclear power.
- Renewable energy sources.
- Electric energy.
- Metallurgical sector.
- Steel industry.
- Aluminum and copper industry.
- Glass industry.
- Chemical industry: the production of inorganic and organic chemistry.
- Plastomers, elastomers and synthetic fibers.
- Pulp and paper industry.
- Relationship between environment and sustainable economic development.
- Environmental problems: pollution of soil, air and water.

Recommended Bibliography

- L. Ciraolo, M. Giaccio, A. Morgante, V. Riganti, Merceologia, Monduzzi Editore, 1998, Bologna.
- Additional teaching materials will be available by the teacher.
In-depth book:
- C. Lena, L. Pirollo, Sostenibilità delle risorse naturali, Aracne editrice, 2017, Roma.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

The course is structured in 72 hours of teaching, through frontal lectures and with occasional involvement of invited professional experts. Active teaching methods will be privileged, as far as possible, with exercises and group work.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The oral exam (evaluated in thirthieth) aims to evaluate the level of knowledge of lectures topics, the communication skills and the judgment autonomy of the student.

Contacts/More Information

E-mail: l.liberatore@unich.it
The timetable of students receiving may vary in semesters in relation to the teaching calendar. The days and hours are available on the teacher's web page (site of the Department of Economy- http://www.dec.unich.it)

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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