546-0305/09 – Environmental Protection (OŽP)
Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 3 |
Subject guarantor | Ing. Hana Švehláková, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Hana Švehláková, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | | |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
To be familiar with environmental issues in general terms. To distinguish the different approaches to estimate and find the best solutions for specific environmental issues.
Students will be able to provide informations for work with practice, demonstrate and evaluate a general overview of the issue. Comparing the different approaches and confrontation with practice. Prove to show results and solve problems with high quality of work and all by itself.
Demonstrate communication skills (speaking and active writing), to handle technical terminology.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Project work
Terrain work
Other activities
Summary
Ecology, protection of environment, environmental engineering. Ecosystems,
their functions and their stability. Transformation of energy and material in
environment. Solar energy and its transformation, assimilation and
dissimilation. Biogeochemical cycles of carbon, oxygen, water, nitrogen,
phosforus, sulfur and other elements. Water as a part of biosphere,
surfacewater, underground water, drinking water, technological water. Water
pollution. Monitoring of water quality. Soil in environtment, pedogenesis.
Physical, chemical and biological properties of soil. Soil protection and
decontamination. Atmosphere, chemical composition and physical properties. Air
pollution, emissions, deposition. Main pollutants: compounds of carbon,
sulphur, nitrogen, halogens, solid particles. Acid rain, ozone layer
depletion, greenhouse effect. Air protection. Monitoring of air pollution.
Waste management and disposal. Environmental management.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
tests and written tests throughout the semester in undeclared form, an oral inquiries have learned
E-learning
Other requirements
active participation in lectures, authoring processing seminar work and its quality of presentation to exercise
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction to environmental theory. Defining basic concepts
2. Biosphere. Geospheres. Biotic components.
3. Streams of energy and its sources. Circuitry of substances. Ecosystems
4. The environment from the point of view of man. Anthropogenic classification of the environment. Anthropogenic demands on the environment.
5. Damage to natural environment components. Air pollution.
6. Pollution of water. Soil damage.
7. Global indicators of environmental damage. Excessive use of non-renewable resources of raw materials and energy. Negative effects on the stability of ecosystems. Negative effects on the planet's radiation and heat balance.
8. Effects of anthropogenic activities I. Agriculture. Industry. Getting energy. Extraction of raw materials. Transport.
9. Consumable way of life. Waste production. Possible consequences of damage to natural environment components.
10. Opportunities to protect natural environment components. Preventive protection. Education and learning process. Promoting the idea of sustainable development.
11. System protection: Legislative. Normative.
12. Technology protection: air; water; soil. Technology for protection against physical pollution.
13. Waste management. Implementation of "clean" technologies. Saving energy consumption - using its alternative sources.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction