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Terminated in academic year 2011/2012

Environmental Foundation

Type of study MasterBachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0012/01
Abbreviation ZEnvi
Course title Environmental Foundation
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Vojtech Dirner, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1.Introduction to the theory of environmental
1.1.Vymezení basic concepts
1.2.Biosféra
1.2.1.Geosféry
1.2.2.Biotické folder
1.2.3.Toky energy and its resources
1.2.4.Koloběhy substances in the environment
1.2.5.Ekosystémy
1.3.Životní environment in terms of human

2.Poškozování natural components of the biosphere
2.1.Poškozování abiotic components of the biosphere
2.1.1.Znečišťování air
2.1.2.Znečišťování water
2.1.3.Poškozování soils
2.1.4.Fyzikální pollution
2.2.Globální damaging environmental indicators (global warming, ozone hole, etc.)
2.2.1.Neúměrné pumping non-renewable sources of raw materials and energy
2.2.2.Negativní influences on the stability of ecosystems
2.2.3.Negativní effects on radiation and thermal balance of the planet
2.3.Vlivy anthropogenic activities
2.3.1.Zemědělství
2.3.2.Průmysl
2.3.3.Energetika
2.3.4.Těžba materials
2.3.5.Doprava
2.3.6.Konzumní way of life
2.3.7.Produkce waste
2.3.8.Možné damaging effects of natural environmental components

3.Možnosti protection of natural environmental components
3.1.Preventivní protection
3.1.1.Výchova and educational process
3.1.2.Trvale sustainable development
3.2.Systémová protection
3.2.1.Legislativa within the European Union
3.3.Technologická protection
3.3.1.Technologie Air Protection
3.3.2.Technologie water protection
3.3.3.Technologie soil protection
3.3.4.Technologie protection from physical pollution
3.3.5.Nakládání management and its emergence in the areas of human society
3.3.6.Zavádění 'clean' technologies
3.3.7.Využívání alternative energy sources
3.3.8.Rekultivace and revitalization of the landscape after mining

Literature

BROWN, L.R. Serie State of the world. A Worldwatch Institute Reports on
Progress Towards a Sustatinable Society (ročenky o stavu světa do r. 2005)

FRIEDLANDER, S. K. Smoke, Dust and Haze : fundamentals of Aerosol Dynamics.
2nd ed. Oxford : J. Wiley and Sons, 2000

SMOLÍK, D. Utilization of Former Brownfields and Construction for Business
Purposes in the Ostrava-Karvina Region. Econ 2000, VSB- TUO, Fakulty of
economics, volume 7, ISBN 80-7078-849-6, ISSN 0862¬7908.

UNEP: Earthwatch and Agenda 21: Information for Decision-Making,
UR:http://www.unep.ch/EARTHW/Csd3rpt.htm

Advised literature

No advised literature has been specified for this subject.