Terminated in academic year 2010/2011

Renovation of the Lanscape after Mining

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	546-0959/01
Abbreviation	RegKrajD
Course title	Renovation of the Lanscape after Mining
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc.

Subject syllabus

The subject includes existing Czech and world knowledge of the area of land
consolidation, land improvement and land reclamation leading to achieving
landscape homeostasis. Supraregional and regional systems of ecological
stability. Limitation of negative impacts of mining activity and manufacturing
on the landscape by biological methods. Creation of landscape in the area of
mineral resource extraction. Topographic correction and territorial
redevelopment of landscape. Opencast and underground mining and its negative
impacts on the landscape. Ecological characteristics of devastated areas.
Reclamation technologies and methods. Situation of mine waste dumps and spoil
heaps in the landscape. Reclamation economic effectiveness.

Literature

G. Kleppel, M. DeVoe, Mac Rawson (2006): Changing Land Use Patterns in the
Coastal Zone. Managing Environmental Quality in Rapidly Developing Regions.
Springer New York. (Print) 978-0-387-29023-2 (Online).
Robert Costanza, Alexey Voinov (2004): Landscape Simulation Modeling. Springer
New York. (Print) 978-0-387-21555-6 (Online).
Stephanie Mansourian, Daniel Vallauri, Nigel Dudley (2005): Forest Restoration
in Landscapes. Springer New York. ISBN 978-0-387-25525-5 (Print) 978-0-387-
29112-3 (Online)
Donald F. Harker, Gary Libby, Kay Harker, Sherri Evans, Marc Evans (2006):
Landscape Restoration Handbook. EnviroNetBase.

Advised literature

Allan, J. D. (1995) : Stream Ecology - structure and function of running waters. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 388 pp.
Eiseltová, M., Biggs, J. (eds.) (1995): Restoration of Stream Ecosystems -an integrated catchment approach. IWRB Publication 37, 170 pp.
Eiseltová, M., (ed.) (1994): Restoration of Lake Ecosystems – a holistic approach. IWRB Publication 32, 182 pp.

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