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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Ecological Policy of Municipalities and Regions

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 118-0309/06
Abbreviation EPOK
Course title Ecological Policy of Municipalities and Regions
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Regional and Environmental Economics
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Magdaléna Drastichová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Forest as the ecosystem and its functions; Significance of the forest and its environmental functions disruption; Water economy function of the forest.
2. Forest as a property, forest economic plans.
3. Surface and underground water sources; Characteristics of water sources of the Earth, the EU and the Czech Republic; Impact of implementation of the Framework guidelines for water in Czech municipalities and regions.
4. Prevention of negative impacts of extreme hydrological situations - floods, droughts.
5. Environmental aspects of the use of agricultural land; Conventional and ecological agriculture
6. Conception of the sustainable way of life in the countryside.
7. Ecological principles of town development; Ecological optimization, specifics of town ecosystem.
8. Environmental interrelations of transport; Sustainable urban transport - a starting point for the solution of current transport problems.
9. Strategy of municipal waste management in the EU.
10. The role of municipalities and regions in municipal waste management in the CR.
11.Urban and rural climate; The use of town climate knowledge for planning practice.
12. A global climate change and expected impacts on Czech regions.

Literature

EEA, 2003. Europés environment: the third assessment. Kodaň. Dostupné na: www.eea.eu.int

Advised literature

According to the recommendation in MOODLE instructional text mentioned in the conclusion to the chapters.