Discipline on Hazards

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Course Unit Code050-0003/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Optional
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter, Summer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
DAN40prof. RNDr. Pavel Danihelka, CSc.
DOB78Ing. Pavel Dobeš, Ph.D.
Summary
Basic concepts of security and hazards, risks and their management, threats, dangers, disasters. Historical development of terms, socio-cultural context of understanding and solving the risks. Hazard treatment, hazard as a philosophical category. The terms hazard, security, risk, danger, etc., from a gnoseological viewpoint. Systematic and system approach to the solution of security, general rules, tools and methods of its study. Discipline on security as a multidisciplinary scientific discipline, contribution of natural, technical and social sciences to the problem solutions in the area of security. Specific areas of security – healthcare and epidemiology, working environment, environment, social risks, terrorism and war conflicts. Crises, their principle, origin, development and solution. Crisis paradoxes as development factors of a society. Crisis management, internal stability and resistance of society.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The science of danger and risk as scientific discipline. Basic concepts of safety, security, danger, risk and their nmanagement. Development of concepts in time and socio.cultural context. Risk ethic. Gnoseology of terms. Systematic and system approaches, general rules. Relation man-machine, philosophy and physology of risk management.
Course Contents
1. Basic concepts of safety and hazard, risk management, threat, catastrophe.
2. Ethics and coping with hazard, danger as a philosophical category.
3. The concepts of risk, safety, risks, threats, etc., from the perspective gnoseologic.
4. A systematic and systemic approach to security, the general rules of tools and methods for its study.
5. Specific areas of security - health and epidemiology, working environment, environment, social risks, terrorism and war conflicts.
6. The crisis, principle, the creation, development and solutions.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Kovář,L.:Disaster threatens humanity? Rubiko Prag 2003, ISBN 808583992X
Layer of Protection Analysis: Simplified Process Risk Assessment, Center for
Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), ISBN:0-8169-0811-7
Guidelines for Analyzing and Managing the Security Vulnerabilities of Fixed
Chemical Sites, Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), ISBN: 0-8169-0877-X
M.T. Todinov: Reliability and Risk Models, John Wiley & Sons 2005,
ISBN-10: 0470094885
Časopisy: 112, Rescue Report, Spektrum
Kovář,L.: Hrozí lidstvu katastrofy? Rubiko Praha 2003, ISBN 808583992X
Layer of Protection Analysis: Simplified Process Risk Assessment, Center for
Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), ISBN:0-8169-0811-7
Guidelines for Analyzing and Managing the Security Vulnerabilities of Fixed
Chemical Sites, Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), ISBN: 0-8169-0877-X
M.T. Todinov: Reliability and Risk Models, John Wiley & Sons 2005,
ISBN-10: 0470094885
Časopisy: 112, Rescue Report, Spektrum
Recommended Reading:
RBDM (Risk Based Decision Making) Guidelines: Volume 1-4. http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg5211/E-Guidelines.asp. US Coast Guard.
Aven, T, and Renn, O.: Risk Management and Governance. Concepts, Guidelines and Applications. Heidelberg and New York (Springer 2010)
Jovanovic, A.S.; Renn, O. and Schröter, R.: Social Unrest. OECD Reviews of Risk Management Policies. Paris (OECD Publishing 2012)
Major Hazards and Their Management ; by Geoff Wells; Institution of Chemical Engineers, Rugby, UK, 305 pages.
ČSN ISO 31000:2010 Management rizik - Principy a směrnice.
Aven, T, and Renn, O.: Risk Management and Governance. Concepts, Guidelines and Applications. Heidelberg and New York (Springer 2010)
Jovanovic, A.S.; Renn, O. and Schröter, R.: Social Unrest. OECD Reviews of Risk Management Policies. Paris (OECD Publishing 2012)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
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