546-0090/02 – Assessment System of Environmental Impacts for Water Management (HUŽPVH)
| Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | RNDr. Alena Labodová, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | RNDr. Alena Labodová, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2006/2007 | Year of cancellation | 2012/2013 |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Development of environmental degradation. approaches to environmental protection. Sustainable development. Preventive strategy and its tools. Environmental management
Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Project work
Summary
Environmental protection, pollution and degradation of environment. Changes in
environment according to demographic, technical and social development, use of
sources. Biodiversity.
History of environmental protection.
Sustainable development – definition, principles, documents.
Preventative strategy. Suitable tools (EIA, environmental audits, CP/P2, LCA,
ecolabelling, EMS, voluntary agreements).
Compulsory literature:
Web sources: www.wbcsd.org, www.unido.org, www.unepie.org, www.who.org,
www.env.cz, www.cemc.cz, http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/ipp/home.htm
Various scientific journals
ISO norms 14000, EMAS
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
The study of foreign literature.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Definitions – environment, environmental protection, ecology, environmental pollution and degradation. Changes in the environment according to demographic, social and technical development, resources use, renewable and non-renewable sources. Local, regional and global environmental pollution, assimilation capacity of nature. Global ecosystem, ecosystem services. Biodiversity, Convention on Biological Diversity, genetic banks.
2. History of environmental protection. Basic strategies, development in timeline, main features. Economical comparison of different environmental strategies.
3. Sustainable development – definition, principles, documents. Agenda 21. Scenarios of sustainable development (WBCSD)
4. Preventive strategy –principles, tools, proactive impact, win-win strategy and its advantages
5. EIA – principle, Czech legislation, time requirements, participants in EIA process, role of state administration, local administration and public. EIA experts – qualification requirements, formation of team for EIA process, methods for assessment.
6. Environmental audits – definition, legislation. Various types of environmental audit, differences and common signs, description of audit program and plan, participants. Auditors – qualification requirements, formation of team for audit.
7. Waste minimization, cleaner production. Definition, description of CP assessment project. Implementation in companies. Benefits of CP project for environment and economics of company. IPPC – principle, Czech legislation, BAT, BREF.
8. LCA
9. Environmental labels and declarations
10. Environmental management systems – definition, basic features, specifications. EMS certification – rules, possibilities, costs and benefits. Accreditation of certification bodies. EMAS and ISO 14001 - differences. Connection to other management systems (QMS, SMS, OHSAS etc.). EPI’s, ISO 14031.CSR
11. Voluntary agreements - reason, methodology, relation to the legislation, benefits.
12. Environmental economy – basic terms, economical tools for environmental protection, environmental accounting
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction