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Soil Protection

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 651-3039/01
Abbreviation OchrP
Course title Soil Protection
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Chemistry and Physico-Chemical Processes
Course coordinator Ing. Eva Szotkowská Lacková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to soil degradation and protection
2. Basics of soil characteristics and soil properties, soil classification
3. Physical degradation of soils
4. Soil erosion, types of erosion, calculation of water erosion
5. Protection of soils against various types of erosion
6. Chemical degradation of soils, soil pollution by organic and inorganic pollutants, nature and properties of pollutants.
7. Loss of organic matter in the soil and endangerment of agricultural soils
8. Urban and industrial soils and their threats
9. Remediation methods. Contaminant isolation, partial and complete decontamination of the rock environment.
10. Selected remediation methods for organic contaminants, for inorganic contaminants.
11. Basics of remediation and land reclamation
12. Soil degradation in the Czech Republic and abroad.
13. Principles of protection of agricultural land fund and forest land fund.
14. Legislation in soil protection. Principles of laws abroad and in the Czech Republic.

Literature

Sumner M.E. et al. (2000): Handbook of Soil Science. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-3136-6 

Advised literature

White, R. B. 2006. Principles and Practice of Soil Science: The Soil as a Natural Resource 4th Edition.Blackwell publishing. 363p
POWRIE, W.: Soil Mechanics. Concepts & Applications, Second Eedition, SPON Press, London, 2002
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (2015): Soil Atlas: Facts and figures about earth, land and fields