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Brownfields and their impact on public health

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 546-0157/02
Abbreviation BVZ
Course title Brownfields and their impact on public health
Credits 2
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Mgr. Kristina Čabanová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Public health - terminology.
2. Risk, exposition – terminology
3. Exposure assessment, dose-response relationship.
4. Chemical, physical, and socio-economic factors.
5. Nois and vibration
6. Suspended and resuspended dust, fume
7. Impact of dust on human health, traffic
8. Chemical contamination
9. Toxicity and carcinogenicity
10. Damage to the natural environment
11. Aesthetics, visual pollution
12. Crime, antisocial behavior
13. Decline in property prices, increase in rents, the importance of reclamation for human health

Literature

GRUIZ K. et al. ed. Environmental toxicology. Boca Raton: CRC Press,Taylor & Francis Group, 2015. Engineering tools for environmental risk management, 2. ISBN 978-1-138-00155-8 .
Central European Journal of Public Health; https://cejph.szu.cz/. United States Environmental Protection Agency – US EPA; (cit. 28.5.2020). Available from: https://www.epa.gov/brownfields. LIMASSET E. et al. Points of attention in designing tools for regional brownfield prioritization. Science of the Total Environment, 2018, 622: 997-1008. DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.168. BEERMAN L. et al. Improving Community Health: Brownfields and Health Monitoring cit 29.5.2020. Available from: https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/sites/brownfields/docs/improving_community_health.pdf

Advised literature

ILLING H. P. A. Toxicity and risk: context, principles and practice. London: Taylor & Francis, 2001. ISBN 0-415-23371-2.
HODGSON E. ed.: A Textbook of Modern Toxicology. Third edition, A JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC., PUBLICATION, 2004. 582 p. (cit. 28.5.2020). Available from: http://www2.hcmuaf.edu.vn/data/quoctuan/A%20Textbook%20of%20Modern%20Toxicology,%203rd%20ed%202004(2).pdf. WU Q. et al. The de-industrialization, re-suburbanization and health risks of brownfield land reuse: Case study of a toxic soil event in Changzhou, China. Land use policy, 2018, 74: 187-194.DOI 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.07.039. LITT J. et al. Examining urban brownfields through the public health" macroscope". Environmental Health Perspectives, 2002, 110.suppl 2: 183-193. DOI 10.1289/ehp.02110s2183.


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