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Environmental Protection

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Course Unit Code616-2023/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
Level of Course Unit *First 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
BAR80Dr. Ing. Stanislav Bartusek
SUT76Ing. Petra Šutarová
Summary
The subject provides basic knowledge in ecology and environmental protection. It is an introductory subject for the study and application of this issue in further studies in follow-up technical subjects. Students are acquainted with procedures in environmental protection as a whole, but also protection of individual environmental compartments.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
- student will receive environmental knowledge and will be able to explain the importance of basic concepts such as pollution and contaminated environments, ecotoxicity, persistence, bioaccumulation, pollutants, sustainable development.
- student will be able to characterize the basic processes that lead to pollution of the environment (natural and anthropogenic) and to understand currently implemented corrective measures
- student will be able to formulate the basic problems related to environmental protection
- student will be able to apply their theoretical knowledge in other subjects studied
- student will be able to find possible solutions to the requirements for sustainable development with regard to their continuing professional profiling
- on the examples of various theoretical and practical knowledge student will be able to demonstrate procedures leading to minimization of negative impacts
Course Contents
1.Introductory lecture, Ecological functions of the state. Ecological policy of Environment of Czech Republic. Protection and creation of an environment. Tools for environmental management regulatory, economic, informational and institutional).
2.Basic concepts and relationships in ecology. Environment. Biotic components of the environment. Ecosystem. The flow of energy. Productivity. Trophic structure. Food ( trophic ) chain. The effect of environmental factors. Limiting factors and production. Transformative effects.
3.Energy and the environment. Energy in ecological concepts. Man and Energy. Natural sources of energy.
4.Air pollution. Pollution and air pollution. The nature and characteristics of pollutants. Air pollution limits. Concentration (content) of pollutants. Measurement and calculation of emissions.
5.Air pollution. Modeling and dispersion of pollutants. Measures in relation to the improvement of the situation.
6.Water pollution. Features and functions of water. Water pollution. The nature and characteristics of pollutants. Permitted water pollution. Calculating the concentration of pollutants. Biochemical processes in the water.
7.Water pollution. Waste water treatment plants.
8.Pollution of soils. Soil characteristics and functions. The nature and characteristics of pollutants. Allowable soil pollution.
9.Pollution by wastes. Basic concepts and relationships. Types and classification of waste. Creation, use and disposal of waste.
10.Priority of waste management. waste processing technologies.
11.Pollution by physical effects. Noise. Ionizing radiation. Electromagnetic radiation. Thermal effects of pollution.
12.Global environmental pollution. Acid rain. Climate change. Warming of the Earth. The ozone layer of the Earth. Smog.
13.The consequences of environmental degradation. The consequences of changes in environmental degradation. Contamination of the food chain. The toxicity and genotoxicity of pollutants. Persistence and bioaccumulation of pollutants.
14.Environmental pollution by industrial company - metallurgical company closed cycle of production.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
CURRAN, Mary Ann. Environmental life-cycle assessment. New York: McGraw-Hill, c1996. ISBN 0-07-015063-X.
ADAMS, William Mark. Future nature: a vision for conservation. London: Earthscan, 1996. ISBN 1-85383-304-5.
KUMMEL, P.; POPP, S.: Umvelt chemie. 1. Aufl. Leipzig, Deutscher verlag für Grundstoffindustrie, 1988, 312 p. ISBN 3-342-00313-8.
BARTUSEK, Stanislav. Ochrana životního prostředí: [učební text] [CD-ROM]. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2012. ISBN 978-80-248-2569-4.
HERČÍK, Miloslav a DIRNER, Vojtech. Základy environmentalistiky. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2007. ISBN 978-80-248-1392-9.
Recommended Reading:
FARMER Andrew. Handbook of environmental protection & Enforcement. Principles and practices. Edited by Earthscan, UK and USA, 2007, ISBN-13, 978-1-84407-309-2.
MOLDAN, Bedřich. Příroda a civilizace: životní prostředí a rozvoj lidské civilizace. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1997. ISBN 80-04-26434-4.
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
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit40 5
        ExaminationExamination60 (60)10
                Písemná zkouškaWritten examination35 5
                Ústní zkouškaOral examination25 5