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Climate Change and Water Management

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0136/01
Abbreviation KZVH
Course title Climate Change and Water Management
Credits 3
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Petra Malíková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Anthropocene - consequences and causes for cycles on a global and local scale.
2. Climate change - causes and consequences, skepticism and evidence (Paris Agreement, Green Agreement for Europe).
3. Availability of freshwater resources, lack of water, onslaught on water resources, structure of water consumption in the world and in the Czech Republic. Water footprint - balance and impact approach, virtual water.
4. Drought - examples, preparatory measures against drought and examples of measures taken during drought and water scarcity.
5. Regulatory measures in case of drought - interconnection of water mains, increasing of water reservoir volumes.
6. Water and water balance and drought.
7. Flood information system POVIS and digital flood plans.
8. Thermal pollution, dissolved oxygen in waters - importance, support of fish life, legislative and technical solutions.
9. Acidification and trophization of water - causes, impacts, possible ways of solution.
10. Progressive and economical irrigation systems.
11. Hydric reclamation - effects on microclimate, air quality, water and soil ecosystems.
12. Drainage structures - effects on microclimate, water and soil ecosystems and solutions in relation to drought.
13. Mitigation and adaptation measures, legislative and technical solutions. International cooperation in the field of water management, current goals of international and national river basin management plans, water management planning in the context of climate change

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