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Environmental Impact Assessment

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0842/01
Abbreviation PVP
Course title Environmental Impact Assessment
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Vladimír Lapčík, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Natural factors affecting the environmental quality. Anthropogenic factors affecting the quality of the environment.
2. Social aspects of the assessment (sociological aspects, demographic-social aspects). Social aspects of the assessment (medicinal-ecological aspects, analysis of health risks).
3. Economic aspects of the assessment (economic assessment of natural resources, gross regional product, economic evaluation of environmental damage). Ecological aspects of the assessment.
4. Assessment methodology for the interaction of the industry and the environment. Interaction of the power engineering and environment.
5. Collection of solid emissions from energy facilities. Sulphur removal (dry methods, catalytic methods, wet methods). Denitrification.
6. Nuclear power-engineering and the environment (quantities and units of ionizing radiation, sources of ionizing radiation, impact of ionizing radiation on human health, types of nuclear power plants, environmental impact of nuclear power plants).
7. Wind power engineering and the environment. Solar power engineering and the environment. Environmental impact assessment of biogas plants.
8. Interaction of mining and environment.
9. Assessment methodology for the interaction of the transport systems and the environment (road transport, air transport, rail transport, water transport). Road transport – noise and vibrations, exhalations of combustion engines, reduction of emissions in spark-ignition and compression-ignition engines, alternative drives for road vehicles.
10. Environmental impact assessment. Catalogues of criteria. Matrix for the interactions. Fuller\'s triangle. Multi-criteria analysis (total index of environmental quality).
11. Laws on the EIA in the USA and Europe. EU Council Directive 2011/92/EU, Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and the Council (16.04.2014) and Espoo Convention (EIA in Transboundary Context).
12. Environmental impact assessment in the Czech Republic – valid legislation: Act No. 100/2001 Coll., on Environmental Impact Assessment, as amended; Regulation of the Ministry of the Environment No. 453/2017 Coll.; Act No. 284/2021 Coll., which amends some laws in connection with the adoption of the Construction Act; Act No. 148/2023 Coll., on the unified environmental statement (UES) - applies from 05.06.2023 (effective from 01.01.2024).
13. Fact-finding proceedings in the sense of § 7 Act 100/2001 Coll., as amended, and Annex 2 of Act 100/2001 Coll. Requirements for the notification in the sense of Annex 3 and 3a of Act 100/2001 Coll., as amended, (content of the notification), requirements of the documentation in the sense of Annex 4 to Act 100/2001 Coll. (content of the documentation), expert report and binding statement in the sense of Annex 5 and 6 to Act 100/2001 Coll. Public proceedings in the sense of Act 100/2001 Coll.

Literature

OGWU, Matthew Chidozie, Sylvester Chibueze IZAH (Editors). Evaluating Environmental Processes and Technologies: Sustainable Management Strategies. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2025. 560 s. ISBN 978-3-031-85326-5.
GOSWAMI, Srijan, Moharana Choudhury a Sangita AGARWAL. Electronic waste : impact on health, animals, and the environment. Boca Raton, London, New York: CRC Press, Taylor &Francis Group, 2025 (1st edition). 237 s. ISBN 978-1-032-94905-5.
JURÍK, Norbert a Andrej VAĽO, LAPČÍK, Martin, LAPČÍK, Vladimír. Environmental Impacts of Warehouse Complexes: Analysis of Their Influence on Landscape and the Environment. GeoScience Engineering, Vol. 71(2025), No. 1, pp. 18–25, ISSN 1802-5420 , DOI 10.35180/gse-2025-0116, geoscience.cz.
LAPČÍK, Vladimír. Wind Farms and Their Impact on the Environment (chapter in book). In: Wind Farm - Technical Regulations, Potential Estimation and Siting Assessment/Book 1 (book edited by Gastón Orlando Suvire). Croatia, Austria: InTech, 2011. pp. 141–162 (22 p.). ISBN 978-953-307-483-2 .

Advised literature

VAĽO, Andrej a Norbert JURÍK, LAPČÍK, Martin, LAPČÍK, Vladimír. Necessity of Landfilling - Impact on the Environment Today. GeoScience Engineering, Vol. 71(2025), No. 1, pp. 26–30, ISSN 1802-5420 , DOI 10.35180/gse-2025-0117, geoscience.cz.
LAPČÍK, Vladimír, Marta LAPČÍKOVÁ. Environmental Impact Assessment of Surface Mining. Inźynieria Mineralna (Journal of the Polish Mineral Engineering Society), 2011, Volume XII, No. 1, pp. 1-10. ISSN 1640-4920 .
LAPČÍK, Vladimír, Marta LAPČÍKOVÁ. Biogas Stations and Their Environmental Impacts. Rudarsko-geološko-naftni zbornik, 2011, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 9-14. ISSN 0353-4529 .
BARROW, C. J. Environmental and Social Impact Assessment: An Introduction. London: Arnold, 1997. ISBN 0-340-66271-9.