Terminated in academic year 2013/2014

Environmental Impacts of Accidents

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	040-0028/03
Abbreviation	VHŽP
Course title	Environmental Impacts of Accidents
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Occupational and Process Safety
Course coordinator	Ing. Jana Neplechová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Historical examples of accidents with a negative impact on the environment
2. Introduction to the issue of the protection of the environment and its protection
3. Extraordinary events
4. Global environmental problems (global warming, ozone layer disruption, melting glaciers, smog, ...)
5. Water pollution
6. Contamination of soil
7. Air Pollution
8. Selected environmental legislation
9. The ecological detriment
10. Accidents and risk in the context of major accident prevention
11. Methods of assessment of the impact of accidents on the environment I. part
12. Methods of assessment of the impact of accidents on the environment II. part
13. Methods of assessment of the impact of accidents on the Environment III. part
14. Excursion

Literature

Harrison,R.M.: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2001, 579p.
Bily, A.C.: Pollution, GREENHAVEN Press, 2006, 144p
Lampton, Ch. : Chemical Accident Disaster!, MILLBROOK PressINC, 1994, , 9781562943165,47p.
Chemical Accident Safety: EPA's Responsibilities for Preparedness, Response, and Prevention : Report to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency , U.S. General Accounting Office, 1996, 48p.

Advised literature

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