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Industry-induced Global Environmental Issues

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0175/01
Abbreviation GPŽP
Course title Industry-induced Global Environmental Issues
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Jana Kodymová, Ph.D.

Osnova předmětu

1. Introduction to the problems of globalization, the environment and new strategies for humans
2. Industrial activities and environmental impact, anthropogenic pollution
3. Society and landscape - space intrusion and habitat destruction (the landscape change, draining the landscape, expanding infrastructures)
4. Landscape ecology and disturbance of biodiversity
5. Eutrophication as a global problem, eutrophication of water, land eutrophication, eutrophication in the future
6. Impacts of industry on the Global Atmosphere - Climate Change and Ozone Depletion (effects of global warming climate changes and hydrology, energy systems and stratospheric ozone, carbon dioxide reduction, acid rain and radioactive fallout)
7. Industrial society and chemical pollution
8. Waste management on the planet, plastics and microplastics in food chains
9. Impacts of a damaged environment on human health (longevity of impacts, pollution chain and their impact on ecosystems, endocrine disruptors, interactions between pollutants)
10. Pollution of air, water and soil, and modern technologies for the management of drinking water and solid waste
11. Renewable resources, clean technology
12. Environmental economics and the value of the environment, economic policy tools, the importance of environmental tax in the EU
13. Behavior and the environment - environmental ethics and behavior, environmental education and public awareness, environmental philosophy and the importance of lifestyle)

Povinná literatura

RICHARD J.F. Hifh Noon: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years To Solve Them. Basic Books, 2008.
LAPČÍK, V. Výrobní a environmentální technologie. Ostrava: VŠB – TU Ostrava, 2008

Doporučená literatura

HITE K. A., SEITZ J.L. Global Issues: An Introduction, 5th Edition. WIley-Blackwell, 2016.