Università Roma Tre

Commodity of natural resources: the scarcity of natural resources, technical concepts and empirical realities; the "new shortages"; distribution, exploitation and exhaustion; the role of technological innovation, production dynamics, dematerialisation, replacement and recycling.
International trade: reference to the main theories; Gatt and Wto, future prospects.
The energy constraint: economic and environmental implications, renewable and non-renewable energy sources, technological and economic evaluation; production and consumption of energy and energy intensity: energy situation in Italy, Europe and the world; Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of different energy technologies.
Outline of industrial sectors derived from oil: refining and petrochemistry and related sectors.
The environmental problem: environmental degradation and sustainable development, relations between business and the environment, objectives and tools for environmental compatibility.
Monographic part: study of a topic of particular interest and relevance.

• Chiacchierini E., Lucchetti M.C. “Materie Prime, trasformazione ed Impatto Ambientale”, Ed. Kappa.
• Lanza Alessandro “Lo sviluppo sostenibile” Ed. Il Mulino
• Kerr A. Julie “Introducing to Energy Climate. Devoloping a Sustainable Environment” CRC Press
• Dodds F., Lagna-Celis J., Thompson L. “From Rio +20 to a new delepoment Agenda” Ed. Routhledge
• Dispense a cura del docente