040-0028/03 – Environmental Impacts of Accidents (VHŽP)
| Gurantor department | Department of Occupational and Process Safety | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Jana Suchánková, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Jana Neplechová, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Optional |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2002/2003 | Year of cancellation | 2013/2014 |
| Intended for the faculties | FBI | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim of this subject is evaluation of major accidents affecting the environment and synthesis of risk analysis methods.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
The course covers the explanation of basic terms for the needs of studying the
environmental impacts of accidents (the environment, ecology, etc.),
legislation in the area of environmental protection (EIA, IPPC, and others),
environmental management (ISO 14 000, EMAS) and methods of the assessment of environmental impacts of accidents.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
No others requirements
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Historical examples of accidents with a negative impact on the environment
2. Introduction to the issue of the protection of the environment and its protection
3. Extraordinary events
4. Global environmental problems (global warming, ozone layer disruption, melting glaciers, smog, ...)
5. Water pollution
6. Contamination of soil
7. Air Pollution
8. Selected environmental legislation
9. The ecological detriment
10. Accidents and risk in the context of major accident prevention
11. Methods of assessment of the impact of accidents on the environment I. part
12. Methods of assessment of the impact of accidents on the environment II. part
13. Methods of assessment of the impact of accidents on the Environment III. part
14. Excursion
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction