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Landscape Regeneration

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Course Unit Code546-0428/02
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter 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
STA35doc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc.
Summary
Basic principles of Landscape Ecology. Landscape typology. Structure of the
Landscape. Development of the landscape. Principles of the landscape regeneration. Sustainable development in landscape management.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
To develop and apply knowledge from Landscape Ecology, target the students ability to analyse, to judge and to decide within Landscape regeneration. Knowledge of wood species important for landcape restoration (winter - verdureless)
Course Contents
1. The importance of remediation in the process of landscape regeneration. The concept of landscape restoration, the various stages, the essence.
2. Aspects of selection of optimal methods of remediation - ecological, socio-economic and territorial-technical aspects of selection of optimal methods of remediation.
3. Remediation in surface mining of raw materials - principles, goals, specifics and methods.
4. Remediation in deep mining of raw materials - principles, goals, specifics and methods.
5. Waste disposal and subsequent remediation - principles, goals, specifics and methods.
6. Methods and procedures in the processing of project documentation of the landscape restoration plan, documents.
7. Principles of technical remediation, goals of technical remediation.
8. Biological remediation - principles and typology according to the reclamation goal.
9. Brownfields - problems and solutions.
10. Controlled succession in the process of landscape remediation.
11. Importance of tree species and groups of tree species in the remediation of landscape parts.
12. Procedures and technologies of planting and sowing plants in the process of remediation.
13. Dendrology and determination of tree species in the leafless state.
14. Revitalization of running and standing water.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Subrahmanyam, N. S., Sambamurty, A. V. S. S.: ECOLOGY. Alpha Science
International Ltd. 2000
Turner, M. G., Gardner, R. H., O Neill, R. V.: LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY IN THEORY AND PRACTICE. Pattern and Process. Springer Verlag, 2001
France R.L. at all: Handbook of Regenerative Landscape Design. CRC Press 2007. ISBN 978-0-8493-9188-0
Erthel, T. a kol. Management revitalizace brownfieldů - www.cobraman-ce.eu/www.central2013.eu.
http://www.uake.cz/frvs1269/index.html
Stalmachová, B.: Základy ekologické obnovy průmyslové krajiny. Skripta
Phare, VŠB - TU Ostrava. 1996.
Kubeš, J.: Plánování venkovské krajiny. Skripta Phare, VŠB - TU
Ostrava.
Metodika krajinářského vyhodnocení pro územně - plánovací dokumentaci,
(1997), MŽP ČR. 1996.
Metodika hodnocení krajinného rázu. MŽP ČR. 1999.
Stalmachová, B. a kol. Nejlepší praktiky v managementu brownfieldů. VSB-TU Ostrava. Ostrava 2012.
Mikoláš, M., Bialy W. a kol. Těžba uhlí a posthornická krajina v česko-polském pohraničí. SPOLCZECH. Image Studio Ostrava 2014.
Recommended Reading:
Subrahmanyam, N. S., Sambamurty, A. V. S. S.: ECOLOGY. Alpha Science
International Ltd. 2000
Turner, M. G., Gardner, R. H., O Neill, R. V.: LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY IN THEORY AND PRACTICE. Pattern and Process. Springer Verlag, 2001
France R.L. at all: Handbook of Regenerative Landscape Design. CRC Press 2007. ISBN 978-0-8493-9188-0

Remtová, K.: Trvale udržitelný rozvoj a strategie ochrany ŽP. Skripta
Phare, VŠB - TU Ostrava. 1996.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Seminars, Tutorials, Terrain work
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 evaluationCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 34