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Environmental Protection

Summary

Ecology, protection of environment, environmental engineering. Ecosystems,
their functions and their stability. Transformation of energy and material in
environment. Solar energy and its transformation, assimilation and
dissimilation. Biogeochemical cycles of carbon, oxygen, water, nitrogen,
phosforus, sulfur and other elements. Water as a part of biosphere,
surfacewater, underground water, drinking water, technological water. Water
pollution. Monitoring of water quality. Soil in environtment, pedogenesis.
Physical, chemical and biological properties of soil. Soil protection and
decontamination. Atmosphere, chemical composition and physical properties. Air
pollution, emissions, deposition. Main pollutants: compounds of carbon,
sulphur, nitrogen, halogens, solid particles. Acid rain, ozone layer
depletion, greenhouse effect. Air protection. Monitoring of air pollution.
Waste management and disposal. Environmental management.

Literature

Friedman, B.: Environmental ecology. The ecological effects of pollution,
disturbance and other stresses. Secon edition. California (USA), Academic
Press, San Diego, 1995.
Meadows, D.H., Meadows, D.L., Randers, J., Behrens, W.W.: The limits to
Growth.
PAN Books London, III, 1972.
Meadows, D.H., Meadows, D.L., Randers, J.: Beyond the limits. Global collapse
or a sustainable future. Earthscan Publ. Ltd. London, 1992.
Miller, G.T.: Environmental Science - an introduction. Second edition.
Wadsworth publ. company. Belmont. California, 1988.
Morgan, S.: Ecology and environment: the cycles of life, Oxford University
Press, USA, 1995.

Advised literature

No advised literature has been specified for this subject.


Language of instruction čeština, čeština, čeština
Code 546-0420
Abbreviation 0ŽP
Course title Environmental Protection
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Vojtech Dirner, CSc.