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Environmental Impact Assessment

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Course Unit Code040-0076/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
BER72prof. Dr. Ing. Aleš Bernatík
RUZ059Ing. Petra Legierská, Ph.D.
NEP014Ing. Jana Neplechová, Ph.D.
KRU108Ing. Jana Suchánková, Ph.D.
BAU020Ing. Barbora Martiníková, Ph.D.
Summary
The course covers the explanation of basic terms for the needs of studying the
environmental impacts of accidents (the environment, ecology, etc.),
legislation in the area of environmental protection (EIA, IPPC, and others),
environmental management (ISO 14 000, EMAS) and methods of the assessment of environmental impacts of accidents.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim of this subject is evaluation of major accidents affecting the environment and synthesis of risk analysis methods.
Course Contents
1. General terms problems, history of environmental protection
2. Water Pollution
3. Air Pollution
4. Contamination of soil
5. Methods of treatment of waste water
6. Methods of soil decontamination
7. Waste Management
8. Selected areas of environmental protection legislation
9. Environmental management (ISO 14000, EMAS)
10. Environmental Policy and its tools
11. The effect of selected anthropogenic activities on the environment I
12. The effect of selected anthropogenic activities on the environment II
13. The effect of selected anthropogenic activities on the environment III
14. Effect of selected chemical substances, preparations and products on the environment
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee : Environmental Technologies Industry and Global Markets, Interagency Environmental Technologies, Californian University, 2008, 115 p.
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment: Industry, technology, and the environment: competitive challenges and business opportunities: summary , Congress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment, 1993, University of Minnesota, 38 p.
Environmental and safety impacts of nanotechnology: what research is needed? : hearing before the Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, November 17, 2005
Bernatík A, Nevrlá P., Vliv havárií na životní prostředí, Edice SPBI, Ostrava, 2005
Balog K., Zapletalová-Bartlová I.: Základy toxikologie. SPBI Spektrum, Ostrava
1998, 107s., ISBN 80-86111-29-6
Dirner V. a kol.: Ochrana životního prostředí. Základy, plánování, technologie,
ekono-mika, právo a management. MŽP, VŠB –TU Ostrava, 333s., ISBN 80-7078-490-3
Tolgyessi J. a kol.: Chémia, biológia a toxikológia vody a ovdušia. SAV,
Bratislava 1989, 532 s., ISBN 80-224-0034-3
Recommended Reading:
Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee : Environmental Technologies Industry and Global Markets, Interagency Environmental Technologies, Californian University, 2008, 115 p.
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment: Industry, technology, and the environment: competitive challenges and business opportunities: summary , Congress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment, 1993, University of Minnesota, 38 p.
Environmental and safety impacts of nanotechnology: what research is needed? : hearing before the Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, November 17, 2005
Bernatík A, Nevrlá P., Vliv havárií na životní prostředí, Edice SPBI, Ostrava, 2005
Balog K., Zapletalová-Bartlová I.: Základy toxikologie. SPBI Spektrum, Ostrava
1998, 107s., ISBN 80-86111-29-6
Dirner V. a kol.: Ochrana životního prostředí. Základy, plánování, technologie,
ekono-mika, právo a management. MŽP, VŠB –TU Ostrava, 333s., ISBN 80-7078-490-3
Tolgyessi J. a kol.: Chémia, biológia a toxikológia vody a ovdušia. SAV,
Bratislava 1989, 532 s., ISBN 80-224-0034-3
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluation and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        Exercises evaluationCredit30 5
        ExaminationExamination70 21