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Terminated in academic year 2023/2024

Regeneration and Reclamation of Brownfields

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 546-0837/03
Abbreviation RRB
Course title Regeneration and Reclamation of Brownfields
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Regeneration of abandoned areas - methods, principles, best practices (military and agricultural areas in settlements and in the open countryside).
2. Regeneration of abandoned areas - methods, principles, best practices (industrial sites in settlements and in open countryside).
3. Survey of the territory - surveys and analyzes for decision-making processes.
4. Sanitation and reclamation - technology, procedures, restoration of conditions - free landscape.
5. Sanitation and reclamation - technology, procedures - at the headquarters.
6. Revitalization of water bodies. Revitalization of watercourses.
7. Project management – brownfield regeneration plan.
8. SWOT analysis of brownfield regeneration.
9. Basic structure of the brownfield regeneration plan.
10. Coordination of the revitalization process, including the time schedule and management costs.
11. Principles of using trees and herbs, recultivation seeding procedures and planting plans.
12. Methods and principles of designing vegetation elements in settlements - abandoned areas and restoration of their functions.
13. Methods and principles of designing vegetation elements in the open landscape - abandoned areas and 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.