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Landscape Water

Summary

The aim of the course is to introduce students to the basic functions of water in the landscape. It also introduces the needs and principles of proposals for irrigation, drainage and anti-erosion measures. Students are also acquainted with the legislative measures in the field of water protection.

Literature

ONES, J. Global Hydrology: Processes, Resources and Environmental Management. Harlow: Pearson Prentice Hall, 1997. ISBN 0-582098610
KUTILEK, M. and D. NIELSEN Soil Hydrology, Catena Verlag, Germany, 1998. ISBN 3923381263 
LAL, R. Soil Quality and Soil Erosion, CRC Press: Boca Raton, USA, 2018. ISBN 9780203739266 
AZHAR, A. H., ASHRAFF, C. N., AHMED, M. Modern Irrigation Techniques and Technologies Efficient Utilisation of Scarce Water Resources. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller GmbH, 2011. ISBN 9783639364590 
LAYCOCK, A. Irrigation systems: design, planning and construction. Wallingford, UK: CABI, 2011. 9781845938741

Advised literature

JULIEN, Pierre Y. River mechanics. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2018, 499 s. ISBN 978-1-107-46277-9 
MCCOOL, D.K. and WILLIAMS, J.D. Soil Erosion by Water. In Encyclopedia of Ecology; Jørgensen, S.E., Fath, B.D., Eds.; Academic Press: Oxford, UK, 2008. ISBN 978-0-08-045405-4 .
MORGAN, R.P. Soil Erosion and Conservation; John Wiley & Sons: Hoboken, NJ, USA, 2005. ISBN 978-1-405-14467-4 .
NEWBOLD Ch., HONNOR J., BUCKLEY K. Nature Conservation and the Management of Drainage Channels, Association of Drainage Autorities, London, 1989. ISBN 0-86139-581-6 


Language of instruction čeština, čeština, angličtina
Code 546-0696
Abbreviation VvK
Course title Landscape Water
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Jitka Chromíková, Ph.D.