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Terminated in academic year 2019/2020

Environmental Protection

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 616-0413/02
Abbreviation OŽP
Course title Environmental Protection
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Protection in Industry
Course coordinator Dr. Ing. Stanislav Bartusek

Subject syllabus

1. INTRODUCTORY LECTURE. Ecological function of the state. Environmental policy environment Czech Republic. Tools environmental management system (normative, economic, information and institutional).
2 - 3 Basic ecological concepts and relations. Environment. Biotic components environment. Ecosystem. Flow of energy. Productivity. Trophic structure. Food (trophic) chain. Effects of environmental factors. Soil and production factors. Transforming effects.
4. ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT. Energy in the organic concept. Man and energy. Natural sources of energy. Energy and environment.
5 - 6 AIR POLLUTION. Littering and pollution. Nature and properties of pollutants. The limits of air pollution. Concentration of pollutants. Measurement and calculation of emissions.
7. Water pollution. Features and functions of water. Water pollution. Nature and properties of pollutants. Acceptable water pollution. Calculations concentrations of pollutants. Biochemical processes.
8. SOIL POLLUTION. Features and functions of soil. Soil pollution. Nature and properties of pollutants. Allowable soil pollution.
9. Waste. Basic concepts and relationships. Categories and categorization waste. Creation, use and disposal.
10 - 11 PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF POLLUTION. Noise. Ionizing radiation. Electromagnetic radiation. Thermal effects of pollution.
12 - 13 GLOBAL POLLUTION. Acid rain. Warming Earth. Earth's ozone layer. Smog.
14. IMPLICATIONS environmental degradation. Consequences of changes degradation environment. Contamination of the food chain. Toxicity and genotoxicity pollutants. Persistence and bioaccumulation of pollutants.

Literature

Kümmel,P. Popp,S: Umvelt chemie. 1. Aufl. Leipzig, Deutscher verlag für Grundstoffindustrie, 1988, 312 s. ISBN 3-342-00313-8

Advised literature

Kümmel,P. Popp,S: Umvelt chemie. 1. Aufl. Leipzig, Deutscher verlag für Grundstoffindustrie, 1988, 312 s. ISBN 3-342-00313-8