1. Direito e Políticas de Ambiente
Mestrado Integrado
em Engenharia do Ambiente
Integrated Master’s Degree
in Environmental Engineering
Direito e Políticas de Ambiente
Environmental Policy and Law
Francisco Nunes Correia
Ano Lectivo 2016/ º Semestre
Academic year 2016/2017 – 2nd Semester

2. Francisco Nunes Correia
Professors:
Francisco Nunes Correia
António Gonçalves Henriques
Department of Civil Engineering,
Architecture and Geo-resources

3. Schedule for questions: Francisco Nunes Correia
Monday, from 16h30 to 17h00
after class or in office 5.39
António Gonçalves Henriques
Wednesday, from 11h30 to 12h00
after class or in office 5.32

4. Motivation:
The Environmental Engineer needs to have a broad understanding of the society in which he/she lives and of how its professional activity contributes to the major goals of that society...
...instead of...
...being limited to a blind and uncritical application of methodologies and technological tools.

5. Objectives of this course:
Develop the capability to understand better environmental policies, its evolution and its foundations;
Understand and analyse environmental policies at the level of the United Nations, at the level of the European Union, and at the national level;
Convey and consolidate the fundamental concepts and a better understanding of the tools and institutions responsible for the formulation and implementation of environmental policies.

6. Introduction, Concepts, and United Nations

7. European Union

8. Portugal, Evaluation Process

9. Evaluation: Group work (40%) on a topic to be agreed Exam (60%)
Minimum grade in group work: 8/12
Minimum grade in the exam: 8/12