542-0017/01 – Environment Protection (OZP)
| Gurantor department | Department of Mining Engineering and Safety | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Martin Hummel, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Martin Hummel, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | 3 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2007/2008 | Year of cancellation | 2014/2015 |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim is to introduce and deepen the knowledge of students with problems of the environment.
Student will gain the general information about the environmental protection problems and particularly about the processes of human activity leading to its pollution.
Student will know to formulate the basic problems connected with environmental protection.
Student is familiar with current legislation.
Student will know on the examples of theoretical and practical pieces of knowledge the demonstrate the possible process procedures leading to negative influence minimization.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Summary
The course deals with the description of the environment and its parts, the influence of mining and others technology proceses on the individual components of the environment. Analysis of the various operation leads to define which factors are more that are less essential and how they can be reduced. Furthermore, the subject deals with the remediation and reclamation affected areas.
Compulsory literature:
FRIEDMAN, B. Environmental Ecology. The ecological effects of pollution, disturbance and other stresses. Secon edition. California (USA), Academic Press, San Diego, 1995
Recommended literature:
MILLER, G. T. Environmental Science - An Introduction. Second edition. Wadsworth Publ. Company. Belmont. California, 1988
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
elaboration of seminar work
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Environmental legislation
Ecology, ecosystem
Biosphere, contamination
Energy resources, demands on the environment
Atmosphere, air protection
Water protection
Soil protection
Waste, recycling
Transport
Extraction of minerals and environment
Restoration
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction