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Climate Change and Water Management

Summary

The course deals with the rational management of water, both in the environment of water and its sources and in its use. The aim is to provide the basics of general, systemic understanding of this issue, interrelationships and connections, possibilities and methods of management, ability to analyze and solve specific problems in connection with climate change, its mitigation or adaptation.

Literature

TRNKA, Miroslav. Climate change. Brno: Mendelova univerzita in Brno, 2015
DLABKA, J. et al. From vulnerability to resilience: adapting rural areas to climate change. Brno: ZO ČSOP Veronica, 2016. ISBN 978-80-87308-32-5
Strategies for adaptation to climate change in the Czech Republic - 1st update for the period 2021–2030. Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic. 2021. [online]. 2021 [cit. 2021-10-24]. Dostupné z: https://www.mzp.cz/cz/zmena_klimatu_adaptacni_strategie
JONES, J. A. A. Global Hydrology: Processes, Resources, and Environmental Management. Harlow: Pearson Prentice Hall, 1997. ISBN 0-582-09861-0

Advised literature

Water in the city - Methodology for rainwater management in relation to green infrastructure. ČVUT Praha 2021, 204 str. [online]. 2021 [cit. 2021-10-24]. Dostupné z: https://vodavemeste.cz
EEA 2020 signals - Europe towards zero pollution. ISBN: 978-92-9480-336-8 . [online]. 2021 [cit. 2021-10-24]. Dostupné z: https://www.eea.europa.eu/cs/publications/evropa-smerem-k-nulovemu-znecisteni
Catalog of nature-friendly measures for water retention in the landscape - Annex 1, activities to support the performance of state administration in the field of drought. VÚV TGM. 2018. [online]. 2021 [cit. 2021-10-24]. Dostupné z: http://www.suchovkrajine.cz/sites/default/files/vystup/p1_katalog_opatreni_0.pdf
BLANCHE, V. Learning to Live with Climate Change. Taylor & Francis; Routledge, 2022. ISBN: 978-0-367-44126-5 . DOI: 10.4324/9780367441265


Language of instruction čeština
Code 546-0136
Abbreviation KZVH
Course title Climate Change and Water Management
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Petra Malíková, Ph.D.