616-3039/01 – Soil Protection (OchrP)
| Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Protection in Industry | Credits | 6 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Eva Szotkowská Lacková, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Eva Szotkowská Lacková, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2021/2022 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FMT | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Gained knowledge:
- knowledge of soil properties and composition and their practical application,
- knowledge of processes of damage and pollution of soils and pollutants
- knowledge of remediation methods and their practical application.
Acquired skills:
- ability to evaluate water erosion of soils
- ability to develop an independent research activity on the topic of soil degradation and protection
- the ability to independently discuss their acquired knowledge and defend their own views related to soil issues
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the issue of soil protection. Lectures are designed as a theoretical, practical and legislative basic framework of the topic. Students will be acquainted with the basic properties of soils and their characteristics, with the potential risks of soil hazards, with the process of soil degradation and contamination, as well as with the possibilities of soil remediation and decontamination. Exercises will be designed in the form of discussion panels on partial soil problems, practical calculations and presentation and defense of seminar papers followed by discussion.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
White, R. B. 2006. Principles and Practice of Soil Science: The Soil as a Natural Resource 4th Edition.Blackwell publishing. 363p
POWRIE, W.: Soil Mechanics. Concepts & Applications, Second Eedition, SPON Press, London, 2002
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (2015): Soil Atlas: Facts and figures about earth, land and fields
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
- control test
- activity in excercises
E-learning
https://www.fmmi.vsb.cz/modin/cs/studijni-opory/resitelsky-tym-1-procesni-inzenyrstvi/environmentalni-aspekty-ochrany-vod-a-pud/
Other requirements
- active participation in excursions
- excursion reports
- credit test
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction to soil degradation and protection
2. Basics of soil characteristics and soil properties, soil classification
3. Physical degradation of soils
4. Soil erosion, types of erosion, calculation of water erosion
5. Protection of soils against various types of erosion
6. Chemical degradation of soils, soil pollution by organic and inorganic pollutants, nature and properties of pollutants.
7. Loss of organic matter in the soil and endangerment of agricultural soils
8. Urban and industrial soils and their threats
9. Remediation methods. Contaminant isolation, partial and complete decontamination of the rock environment.
10. Selected remediation methods for organic contaminants, for inorganic contaminants.
11. Basics of remediation and land reclamation
12. Soil degradation in the Czech Republic and abroad.
13. Principles of protection of agricultural land fund and forest land fund.
14. Legislation in soil protection. Principles of laws abroad and in the Czech Republic.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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