| Course Unit Code | 616-3039/01 |
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| Number of ECTS Credits Allocated | 6 ECTS credits |
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| Type of Course Unit * | Compulsory |
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| Level of Course Unit * | Second Cycle |
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| Year of Study * | Second Year |
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| Semester when the Course Unit is delivered | Winter Semester |
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
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| Language of Instruction | Czech |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Requisites | Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) | Personal ID | Name |
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| LAC0012 | Ing. Eva Szotkowská Lacková, Ph.D. |
| Summary |
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| The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the issue of soil protection. Lectures are designed as a theoretical, practical and legislative basic framework of the topic. Students will be acquainted with the basic properties of soils and their characteristics, with the potential risks of soil hazards, with the process of soil degradation and contamination, as well as with the possibilities of soil remediation and decontamination. Exercises will be designed in the form of discussion panels on partial soil problems, practical calculations and presentation and defense of seminar papers followed by discussion. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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Gained knowledge:
- knowledge of soil properties and composition and their practical application,
- knowledge of processes of damage and pollution of soils and pollutants
- knowledge of remediation methods and their practical application.
Acquired skills:
- ability to evaluate water erosion of soils
- ability to develop an independent research activity on the topic of soil degradation and protection
- the ability to independently discuss their acquired knowledge and defend their own views related to soil issues |
| Course Contents |
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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.
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| Recommended or Required Reading |
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| Required Reading: |
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| Sumner M.E. et al. (2000): Handbook of Soil Science. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-3136-6 |
URBANCOVÁ, Lenka a Eva LACKOVÁ. Pedologie: teorie a cvičení : výuková skripta. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2015. ISBN 978-80-248-3705-5.
LACKOVÁ, Eva, Kateřina RŮŽIČKOVÁ a Lenka URBANCOVÁ. Degradace a ochrana půd: teorie a cvičení : výuková skripta. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2015. ISBN 978-80-248-3704-8. |
| Recommended Reading: |
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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 |
ŠARAPATKA, Bořivoj. Pedologie a ochrana půdy. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2014. Odborná publikace. ISBN 978-80-244-3736-1.
RACLAVSKÁ, Helena. Znečištění zemin a metody jejich dekontaminace. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 1998. ISBN 80-7078-508-X.
PAVLÍKOVÁ, Irena. Studijní opora: Ochrana vod a půd. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská – Technická univerzita Ostrava, Fakulta metalurgie a materiálového inženýrství, Katedra ochrany životního prostředí v průmyslu, 2008. 173 s. |
| Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Lectures, Tutorials |
| Assesment methods and criteria |
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| Task Title | Task Type | Maximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks) | Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing |
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| Credit and Examination | Credit and Examination | 100 (100) | 51 |
| Credit | Credit | 30 | 10 |
| Examination | Examination | 70 (70) | 20 |
| Písemná zkouška | Written examination | 40 | 10 |
| Ústní zkouška | Oral examination | 30 | 10 |