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Reclamation

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0732/03
Abbreviation REK
Course title Reclamation
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. The importance of reclamation in the landscape renewal process. Basic terminology.
2. Changes in mining landscapes, methods of mining, management of mine waste and tailings.
3. Landscape planning in post-mining areas, financing, stages, methods and procedures of reclamation.
4. Distribution of remediation in relation to the final use of reclaimed land.
5. Reclamation during extraction of raw materials - principles, goals, specifics and methods - quarries, sand pits, gravel pits, deep mining.
6. Storage of waste and secondary raw materials, subsequent recultivation - principles, goals, specifics and methods.
7. Principles of technical reclamation, goals of technical reclamation.
8. Biological reclamation - principles and typology according to the reclamation goal.
9. Biological agricultural reclamation.
10. Biological forestry reclamation.
11. Biological hydraulic reclamation.
12. Biological reclamation others.
13. Natural regeneration of vegetation in the mining landscape.

Literature

NIMISHA TRIPATHI, RAJ SHEKHAR SINGH, COLIN D. HILLS. Reclamation of Mine-Impacted Land for Ecosystem Recovery. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2016.
NAVEH, Z., LIEBRMANN, A.S., 1990 Landscape Ecology Theory and Aplication. New York, 1990.

Advised literature

JAUME BECH, CLAUDIO BINI, MARIYA A. PASHKEVICH. Assessment, Restoration and Reclamation of Mining Influenced Soils. Elsevier Inc. 2017.
PEDROLI, B., A. VAN DOORN, G. DE BLUST, PARACCHINI, M.L., WASCHER, D., BUNC,E F.Europe´s living landscapes. KNNV Publishing, Zeist. 2007.