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Geological Hazards in Tourism

Summary

Students will be acquainted with the nature and classification of geological hazards in terms of their application in geotourism practice. The subject will be taught in such a way that the individual geological hazards will first be explained in general and then their examples from around the world will be presented, so that students can apply the principles thus obtained in other tourist localities with analogous geological hazards. First, endogenous geological hazards, such as tectonic movements, earthquakes and volcanic activity, will be discussed. In the second part, exogenous geological hazards will be discussed, such as slope movements, erosion-accumulation phenomena, volume changes of rocks, sedimentation and structural collapse of soils, soil liquefaction, karsting, subsidence, etc.

Literature

RAMKUMAR, M.: Geological Hazards: Causes, Consequences and Methods of Containment. NIPA 2009, 328 s. ISBN 978-81-9085-127-5 

Advised literature

BELL, F. G.: Geological Hazards: Their Assessment, Avoidance and Mitigation. CRC Press 2003, 656 s. ISBN 978-04-1531-851-8 


Language of instruction čeština
Code 541-3509
Abbreviation GHT
Course title Geological Hazards in Tourism
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Dominik Niemiec, Ph.D.