Ecological and economic monitoring of the environment Authors Professor Valentin Vasilyevich Naidenko, Doctor Sciences (Engng), Member of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences, Rector of Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering Professor Aleksandr Nikolayevich Kosarikov - Doctor Sciences (Econ.), UNESCO Chair “Environmentally Safe Development of a Large Region – Volga River Basin”, Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering Professor Leonid Nikandrovich Gubanov - Doctor Sciences (Engng), Head of the Chair of Ecology and Nature Management” Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering. Irina Mikhailovna Afanasyeva, Candidate of Sciences (Biol.), Associate Professor of the Chair of Ecology and Nature Management Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering Aleksandr Vladimirovich Ivanov - Associate Professor of the Chair of Ecology and Nature Management Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, expert on integrated municipal planning of the foundation “Institute of Urban Economics” Nizhny Novgorod branch Reviewers : Professor Manfred Kiy, Faculty of Economics, Fachhochschule, Cologne, Germany. Professor D.B.Gelashvili, Doctor of Sciences (Biol.), Head of the Chair of Ecology, Nizhny Novgorod State University Computerized course for network studies

V.V.Naydenko, A.N.Kosarikov, L.N.Gubanov, I.M.Afanasyeva, A.V.Ivanov Purpose of the course Improvement of the educational services offered by Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering and provision of modern educational standards on the basis of particularization of the ecological and economic knowledge in application to the relevant monitoring procedures

V.V.Naydenko, A.N.Kosarikov, L.N.Gubanov, I.M.Afanasyeva, A.V.Ivanov Course objectives The course is oriented to the application of the fundamental conceptions of analysis and forecasting with consideration given to the ecological sustainability and effectiveness of investments

V.V.Naydenko, A.N.Kosarikov, L.N.Gubanov, I.M.Afanasyeva, A.V.Ivanov Methodological originality of the course Integration of the course with the latest developments in the area of modern computer technologies; Large scale use of materials dedicated to the analysis of regional experience in the development and construction of the regional systems of monitoring and estimation of the progress in implementation of ecological programs; Large scale application of mathematical tools allowing a wide use of intensive teaching methods in the educational process.

V.V.Naydenko, A.N.Kosarikov, L.N.Gubanov, I.M.Afanasyeva, A.V.Ivanov The place of the course among other social science disciplines and humanities The course is intended for the fifth year students pursuing the program in specialty «Economics and management of an enterprise» with ecological and economic specialization, and for graduate students aiming at master’s degree in the direction «Economics», program «Economics of nature management». The course provides deep knowledge in monitoring complicated ecological/economic systems The course helps specify the ecological and economic information which is required for effective management decision making

V.V.Naydenko, A.N.Kosarikov, L.N.Gubanov, I.M.Afanasyeva, A.V.Ivanov Innovative aspects of the course (scientific, substantial; comparative analysis in contrast with similar courses offered in Russia and abroad ) The existing course books on ecological monitoring in Russia are mostly oriented to environmental conditions diagnostics. This course book offers many examples based on information on air condition monitoring in a large metropolitan area; materials on implementation of the specialized program of social and hygienic monitoring in a large metropolitan area; system of sustainable development indicators adopted by the EPA, USA; indicators of social and economic conditions in the cities developed by the foundation “Institute of Urban Economics”, and the sustainable development indicators by the Russian Academy of Sciences

V.V.Naydenko, A.N.Kosarikov, L.N.Gubanov, I.M.Afanasyeva, A.V.Ivanov Course sections Basic principles and concepts of environmental monitoring; Modeling of ecological and economic systems; Processing and analysis of ecological and economic information intended for monitoring systems; Ecological and economic monitoring of natural objects and systems; Regional and municipal systems of ecological and economic monitoring; Monitoring ecological effectiveness of the environmental programs implemented by individual industrial enterprises; Monitoring projects and programs introducing market –based mechanisms of dealing in pollution quotas.

V.V.Naydenko, A.N.Kosarikov, L.N.Gubanov, I.M.Afanasyeva, A.V.Ivanov Course trial The trial of the course was conducted in the academic group pursuing the program – «Occupational and public safety in technosphere», from October 2002 till May 2003