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Environmental and Health Impacts of Road and Rail Transport

Environmental and Health Impacts of Road and Rail Transport
342-0974/01
čeština Environmental and Health Impacts of Road and Rail Transport
342-0974/02
angličtina

Anotace

The subject is focused on potential impacts of road and rail transportation on environment and human health. The subject also includes definition and description of sources emitting particulates, organic compounds and inorganic gases and moreover particular examples of potential impacts on single components of the environment as a by-product of exhaust and non-exhaust processes. The issue of development of eco-friendly technologies and materials for reduction of environmental and health impacts of transportation and finally the legislative framework of this issue are also dicussed within this subject.

Povinná literatura

Eastwood P.: Particulate Emissions from Vehicles, John Wiley & Sons, 2008, ISBN 978-0-470-72455-2.
Amato F.: Non-exhaust Emissions: An Urban Air Quality Problem for Public Health, Academic Press, 2018, ISBN 978-0-12-811770-5.
Black W.R.: Sustainable Transportation: Problems and Solutions, Guilford Press, 2010, ISBN 978-1-60623-485-3 .

Doporučená literatura

Merkisz J., Pielecha: Nanoparticle Emissions From Combustion Engines, Springer, 2015, ISBN 978-3-319-159287-0.
Nicolopoulu-Stamati P., Hens L., Howard C.V.: Environmental Health Impacts of Transport and Mobility, Springer, 2006, ISBN 9781402043048 .
Articles in scientific journals.


zpět na vyhledávání
Language of instruction čeština, angličtina
Code 342-0974
Abbreviation EaZDSaKD
Course title Environmental and Health Impacts of Road and Rail Transport
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator Prof. Mgr. Jana Kukutschová, Ph.D.