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Protected Landscape Areas and Natural and Cultural Monuments

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Course Unit Code541-0589/04
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third 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
NIE096Ing. Dominik Niemiec, Ph.D.
Summary
History and legislative context of nature conservation in Czech republic and world. Basic terminology in nature conservation. Biogeographical principles of the nature conservation. Category of strict protected areas of the Czech Republic - their legal and administrative ensuring. The European ecological network (EECONET).
Transregional territorial system of ecological stability. Biosphere reserves
and the Ramsar Convention. Characteristics of 4 national parks and 24 protected
landscape areas in the Czech Republic (basic data, geology, climate, hydrology,
geomorphology, ecosystems, major anthropogenic impacts). Nature and landscape
protection in Slovakia. The organization of nature and landscape protection in world scale. Landscape character an legislative framework of its conservation.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The subject is structured in the individual thematic issues and is designed to give students the thorough understanding of nature conservation and its modern methods. Main emphasis falls on system approach and mutual interactions of particular components of the landscape during the study of both common issues and individual protected areas.
After completing the course students should have the knowledge of the elementary (essential) ideas and understanding of both the important processes involved and role of all the other factors in nature conservation together with the historical and legislative context. They should be also able to use the holistic approach to the study of nature conservation with all its connections and relationships. Student should have propose methods of study of natural and cultural monuments.
Course Contents
History and legislative context of nature conservation in Czech republic and world. Basic terminology in nature conservation. Biogeographical principles of the nature conservation. Category of strict protected areas of the Czech Republic - their legal and administrative ensuring. The European ecological network (EECONET).
Transregional territorial system of ecological stability. Biosphere reserves
and the Ramsar Convention. Characteristics of 4 national parks and 24 protected
landscape areas in the Czech Republic (basic data, geology, climate, hydrology,
geomorphology, ecosystems, major anthropogenic impacts). Nature and landscape
protection in Slovakia. The organization of nature and landscape protection in world scale. Landscape character an legislative framework of its conservation.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
UNITED STATES. CONGRESS. HOUSE. COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE. SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT. Integrated planning and permitting : an opportunity for EPA to provide communities with flexibility to make smart investments in water quality : hearing before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress. Washington: U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2012. v. p. ISBN 9780160910838 (pt. 1)
0160910838 (pt. 1).
BALATKA, B. AND RUBÍN, J. Přírodní klenoty České republiky. Vyd. 1. ed. Praha: Academia, 2006. 318 s. p. ISBN 80-200-1377-6 (váz.).
BÁRTA, F., NĚMEC, J., POJER, F. Krajina v České republice. Praha: Pro Ministerstvo životního prostředí vydal Consult, 2007. 399 s. p. ISBN 978-80-903482-3-3 (Consult váz.).
KOS, J. AND MARŠÁKOVÁ-NĚMEJCOVÁ, M. Chráněná území České republiky. Praha: Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny České republiky, 1997. 191, 149 s. p. ISBN 80-86064-01-8 (brož.).
PEK, T. Stavební památky: specifika přípravy a financování jejich obnovy, údržby a provozu. Vyd. 1. ed. Praha: Wolters Kluwer Česká republika, 2009. 214 s. p. ISBN 978-80-7357-462-8 (brož.).
VAŠÍČEK, Z., IDES, D. Chráněná krajinná území a památky. 1. vyd. ed. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita, 2004. 93 s. p. ISBN 80-248-0676-2 (brož.).
Recommended Reading:
http://www.wwf.org/
http://www.nature.cz
IRANPOUR, R. Advances in environmental science and engineering : selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2012 international conference on energy and environmental protection (ICEEP 2012), June 23-24, 2012, Hohhot, China. Durnten-Zurich: Trans Tech Publications, 2012. ISBN 9783037854167 (pbk.). 3037854162 (pbk.). 1022-6680 ;.
KINGSTON, S. Greening EU competition law and policy. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. xv, 474 p. p. ISBN 9781107003026 (hbk.).
DEMEK, J., MACKOVČIN, P. AND BALATKA, B. Zeměpisný lexikon ČR. Hory a nížiny. Vyd. 2. ed. Brno: AOPK ČR, 2006. 580 s. p. ISBN 80-86064-99-9 (váz.).
CÍLEK, V., LOŽEK, V. et MUDRA, P. Vstoupit do krajiny. O přírodě a paměti Středních Čech. Praha, Středočeský kraj,Dokořán, 2004. 110 s. ISBN 978-80-7363-205-2 (váz.)
CULEK, M. Biogeografické členění České republiky. [I. díl]. Praha: Enigma, 1996. 347 s. p. ISBN 80-85368-80-3.
CULEK, M. Biogeografické členění České republiky. II. díl. Praha: Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR, 2005. 589 s. p. ISBN 80-86064-82-4 (brož.).
Primack, R.B., Kindlmann, P., Jersáková, P. Biologické principy ochrany přírody. Praha, Portál, 2001. 349 s. ISBN 80-7178-552-0 (váz.).

http://www.ochranaprirody.cz/
http://www.nature.cz/natura2000-design3/hp.php
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
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 18