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Discipline on Hazards

Language of instruction čeština
Code 050-0003
Abbreviation NoN
Course title Discipline on Hazards
Coordinating department Department of Civil Protection
Course coordinator prof. RNDr. Pavel Danihelka, CSc.

Summary

Basic concepts of security and hazards, risks and their management, threats, dangers, disasters. Historical development of terms, socio-cultural context of understanding and solving the risks. Hazard treatment, hazard as a philosophical category. The terms hazard, security, risk, danger, etc., from a gnoseological viewpoint. Systematic and system approach to the solution of security, general rules, tools and methods of its study. Discipline on security as a multidisciplinary scientific discipline, contribution of natural, technical and social sciences to the problem solutions in the area of security. Specific areas of security – healthcare and epidemiology, working environment, environment, social risks, terrorism and war conflicts. Crises, their principle, origin, development and solution. Crisis paradoxes as development factors of a society. Crisis management, internal stability and resistance of society.

Literature

Kovář,L.:Disaster threatens humanity? Rubiko Prag 2003, ISBN 808583992X 
Layer of Protection Analysis: Simplified Process Risk Assessment, Center for
Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), ISBN:0-8169-0811-7
Guidelines for Analyzing and Managing the Security Vulnerabilities of Fixed
Chemical Sites, Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), ISBN: 0-8169-0877-X 
M.T. Todinov: Reliability and Risk Models, John Wiley & Sons 2005,
ISBN-10: 0470094885 
Časopisy: 112, Rescue Report, Spektrum

Doporučená literatura

RBDM (Risk Based Decision Making) Guidelines: Volume 1-4. http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg5/cg5211/E-Guidelines.asp. US Coast Guard.
Aven, T, and Renn, O.: Risk Management and Governance. Concepts, Guidelines and Applications. Heidelberg and New York (Springer 2010)
Jovanovic, A.S.; Renn, O. and Schröter, R.: Social Unrest. OECD Reviews of Risk Management Policies. Paris (OECD Publishing 2012)
Major Hazards and Their Management ; by Geoff Wells; Institution of Chemical Engineers, Rugby, UK, 305 pages.