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Terminated in academic year 2013/2014

Environmental Impact Assessment

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 040-0051/01
Abbreviation PVŽP
Course title Environmental Impact Assessment
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Occupational and Process Safety
Course coordinator Ing. Jana Neplechová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Environment and environmental protection, explanation of basic terms,
environment, creation and protection of environment, ecology and environmental factors.
2. Global environmental issues (global warming, ozone layer disruption,
Melting glaciers, smog, ...).
3. Partial abiotic components of environment fate of pollutants
in the Environment.
4. Emergencies and accidents within the context of the SEVESO Directive,
Historical examples major accidents the impacts on the environment.
5. The classification of dangerous substances, safety data sheet requirements, resources
information on hazardous substances.
6. Legislation in the field of the environmental protection - Environment
general, air protection, water protection, waste management.
7. Environmental impact assessment- (EIA), explaining the principles of procedure,
documentation content.
8. Integrated prevention – IPPC, explanation of the principles of procedure, the application model of integrated permit.
9. Management systems in industries, Environmental management system
- ISO 14000, EMAS and other systems.
10. Introduction to the prevention of major accidents, explaining the terms hazards and risk, Risk analysis, perception of risk.´
11. Methods of environmental impact assessment of environmental, overview of available
Methods of impact assessment of environmental accidents.
12. The methodology assessment of environmental risks, analysis of European Union methods for long-term releases to the environment, case study of methods.
13. Introduction of new methods for environmental impact assessment of major accidents; the method of H & V (hazards and vulnerability) methodology; methodology ENVITech03, Program Proteus II.
14. Reserve

Literature

Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee : Environmental Technologies Industry and Global Markets, Interagency Environmental Technologies, Californian University, 2008, 115 p.
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment: Industry, technology, and the environment: competitive challenges and business opportunities: summary , Congress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment, 1993, University of Minnesota, 38 p.
Environmental and safety impacts of nanotechnology: what research is needed? : hearing before the Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, November 17, 2005

Advised literature

Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee : Environmental Technologies Industry and Global Markets, Interagency Environmental Technologies, Californian University, 2008, 115 p.
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment: Industry, technology, and the environment: competitive challenges and business opportunities: summary , Congress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment, 1993, University of Minnesota, 38 p.
Environmental and safety impacts of nanotechnology: what research is needed? : hearing before the Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, November 17, 2005

ekono-mika, právo a management. MŽP, VŠB –TU Ostrava, 333s., ISBN 80-7078-490-3
Tolgyessi J. a kol.: Chémia, biológia a toxikológia vody a ovdušia. SAV,
Bratislava 1989, 532 s., ISBN 80-224-0034-3