546-0175/01 – Industry-induced Global Environmental Issues (GPŽP)
| Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Jana Kodymová, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Jana Kodymová, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2020/2021 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The main goal of the course will be to acquaint students in a global way with the issue of the impact of human activities on the environment, and at the same time in what ways some problems can grow on a global scale. Completion of this course is mainly aimed at mastering the idea of "thinking globally, but being able to act locally".
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Field trip
Summary
The course deals with an overview of current global problems that are focused on the environment. This course will focus primarily on anthropogenic / industrial sources of pollution and the impacts of human activity on key ecosystems on a global scale. This course deals with the cross-section of individual industries and their impact on the environment on a local and global scale. The aim of the course is to introduce students to the issue of environmental damage, and also to acquaint them with the possibilities of solutions in the form of sustainable and so-called "clean" technologies in solving the impact of current industrial production on the environment.
Compulsory literature:
RICHARD J.F. Hifh Noon: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years To Solve Them. Basic Books, 2008.
LAPČÍK, V. Výrobní a environmentální technologie. Ostrava: VŠB – TU Ostrava, 2008
Recommended literature:
HITE K. A., SEITZ J.L. Global Issues: An Introduction, 5th Edition. WIley-Blackwell, 2016.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
- continuous knowledge will be verified by oral form, and at the end of the semester by written and oral examination
E-learning
Other requirements
základní všeobecný přehled, a znalosti z předchozího studia (predevším ochrany životního prostředí a ekologie)
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction to the problems of globalization, the environment and new strategies for humans
2. Industrial activities and environmental impact, anthropogenic pollution
3. Society and landscape - space intrusion and habitat destruction (the landscape change, draining the landscape, expanding infrastructures)
4. Landscape ecology and disturbance of biodiversity
5. Eutrophication as a global problem, eutrophication of water, land eutrophication, eutrophication in the future
6. Impacts of industry on the Global Atmosphere - Climate Change and Ozone Depletion (effects of global warming climate changes and hydrology, energy systems and stratospheric ozone, carbon dioxide reduction, acid rain and radioactive fallout)
7. Industrial society and chemical pollution
8. Waste management on the planet, plastics and microplastics in food chains
9. Impacts of a damaged environment on human health (longevity of impacts, pollution chain and their impact on ecosystems, endocrine disruptors, interactions between pollutants)
10. Pollution of air, water and soil, and modern technologies for the management of drinking water and solid waste
11. Renewable resources, clean technology
12. Environmental economics and the value of the environment, economic policy tools, the importance of environmental tax in the EU
13. Behavior and the environment - environmental ethics and behavior, environmental education and public awareness, environmental philosophy and the importance of lifestyle)
Conditions for subject completion
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Assessment of instruction