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Terminated in academic year 2021/2022

Nature and Landmarks Conservation

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0457/02
Abbreviation OP
Course title Nature and Landmarks Conservation
Credits 3
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jiří Kupka, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Global environmental issues, historical context.
2. Concept nature conservation.
3. Legislative framework of the nature conservation in the Czech Republic.‎
4. International conventions, initiatives and programs in nature conservation.
5. International non-governmental nature conservation organizations.
6. Geodiversity and conservation.
7. Biodiversity and conservation.
8. Endangered ecosystems in the world and in the Czech Republic.
9. Development of protection of cultural monuments in the world and in the Czech Republic.
10. The state conservation, related legislation, the concept preservation of cultural monuments.
11. International conventions, institutions and organizations in the protection of monuments, the issue "Cultural tourism".
12. Endangered monuments in the world and in the country.
13. Historic Parks and Gardens - the historical context in the world, Europe and Czech Republic.

Literature

BANDARIN, F. and R. VAN OERS (eds.). The Historic Urban Landscape: Managing Heritage in an Urban Century. Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. 262 p. ISBN-10: 1118932722 
FEILDEN, B. M. Conservation of Historic Building. London : Butterworths Scientific, 2009. 404 p. ISBN-10: 0750658630 
PRIMACK, R. B. Essentials of Conservation Biology. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. 603 p. ISBN: 9781605352893 
VAN DYKE, F. Conservation Biology: Foundations, Concepts, Applications. Springer, Dordrecht, 2008. 478 p. ISBN 978-1-4020-6891-1 

Advised literature

BERGE, B., CH. BUTTERS AND F. HENLEY. The Ecology of Building Materials (Second Edition). Elsevier Science & Technology, 2009. 448 p. ISBN: 978-1-85617-537-1 
CAVE, C. and NEGUSSIE, E. World Heritage Conservation: The World Heritage Convention, Linking Culture and Nature for Sustainable Development. London : Routledge, 2017. 312 p. ISBN-10: 0415728541 
PRICE, N. S., M. K. TALLEY, Jr. and A. M. VACCARO (eds.). Historical and Philosophical Issues in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage. Los Angeles : The Getty Conservation Institute, 1996. 500 p. ISBN: 0892362502 
PULLIN, A.S. Conservation Biology. Cambridge University Press, 2002. 358 p. ISBN-10: 0521644828