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Terminated in academic year 2021/2022

Regeneration and Reclamation of Brownfields

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0837/01
Abbreviation RRB
Course title Regeneration and Reclamation of Brownfields
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Reclamation of abandoned sites - methods, principles, best practices (military, agricultural and industrial areas in settlements and in the open countryside).
2. Revitalization of ponds and streams. Reclamation - technologies.
3. Project Management – Plan of brownfield regeneration. SWOT analysis of brownfields. The basic structure of the plan for brownfield regeneration. Coordination of the revitalization processes including a timetable and management costs.
4. Principles of using trees and herbs - reclamation crop rotation practices. Methods and principles of design vegetation elements in settlements and in the landscape - abandoned areas and the restoration of their functions.

Literature

MACEY G. Reclaiming the Land. Springer 2007.
GENSKE, DIETER D. Urban Land: Degradation - Investigation – Remediation. Springer 2003.
MACEY G. Reclaiming the Land. Springer 2007.
SARNI W. Greening Brownfields: Remediation Through Sustainable Development. McGraw-Hill Proff. 2009.

Advised literature

GERGEL SARAH E. - TURNER MONICA G. Learning Landscape Ecology. A Practical Guide To Concepts And Techniques. Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 2001
STROM S.-NATHAN K., WOLAND J. Site Engineering for Landscape Architects. Wiley 2009.
JACKSON, J. AND GARB, Y. ITDP Facilitating brownfield redevelopment in Central Europe: overview and proposals. Praha. 2003.
CABERNET. Citizen Participation in BrownfieldRegeneration.PositionStatement.www.cbarnet.org.uk. 2005.