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Regeneration and Reclamation of Brownfields

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Course Unit Code546-0837/02
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
The course focuses on the regeneration of individual types of abandoned areas, methods, principles of restoration, best practices (military, agricultural and industrial areas in settlements and open countryside). Principles of revitalization of water bodies and watercourses and individual remediation and reclamation - technology, reclamation sowing methods are studied.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim is to prepare and to educate specialists focused on the regeneration of derelict areas - brownfields. Students will be able to identify and develop a procedure for revitalization of brownfields, will be able to handle and defend solutions. Knowledge is verified in the discussion during the presentation of best practices.
Course Contents
1. Regeneration of abandoned areas - methods, principles, best practices (military and agricultural areas in settlements and in the open countryside).
2. Regeneration of abandoned areas - methods, principles, best practices (industrial sites in settlements and in open countryside).
3. Survey of the territory - surveys and analyzes for decision-making processes.
4. Sanitation and reclamation - technology, procedures, restoration of conditions - free landscape.
5. Sanitation and reclamation - technology, procedures - at the headquarters.
6. Revitalization of water bodies. Revitalization of watercourses.
7. Project management – brownfield regeneration plan.
8. SWOT analysis of brownfield regeneration.
9. Basic structure of the brownfield regeneration plan.
10. Coordination of the revitalization process, including the time schedule and management costs.
11. Principles of using trees and herbs, recultivation seeding procedures and planting plans.
12. Methods and principles of designing vegetation elements in settlements - abandoned areas and restoration of their functions.
13. Methods and principles of designing vegetation elements in the open landscape - abandoned areas and restoration of their functions.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
MACEY G. Reclaiming the Land. Springer 2007.
GENSKE, DIETER D. Urban Land: Degradation - Investigation – Remediation. Springer 2003.
MACEY G. Reclaiming the Land. Springer 2007.
SARNI W. Greening Brownfields: Remediation Through Sustainable Development. McGraw-Hill Proff. 2009.
FRANCE R.L. Handbook of Regenerative Landscape Design. CRC Press 2007
JUST T. A KOL. Vodohospodářské revitalizace. Artedit. Praha.
SARNI W. Greening Brownfields: Remediation Through Sustainable Development. McGraw-Hill Proff. 2009.
STALMACHOVÁ, B. A KOL. Nejlepší praktiky v managementu brownfieldů. VSB-TU Ostrava. Ostrava 2012.
Recommended Reading:
GERGEL SARAH E. - TURNER MONICA G. Learning Landscape Ecology. A Practical Guide To Concepts And Techniques. Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 2001
STROM S.-NATHAN K., WOLAND J. Site Engineering for Landscape Architects. Wiley 2009.
JACKSON, J. AND GARB, Y. ITDP Facilitating brownfield redevelopment in Central Europe: overview and proposals. Praha. 2003.
CABERNET. Citizen Participation in BrownfieldRegeneration.PositionStatement.www.cbarnet.org.uk. 2005.
MACEY G. Reclaiming the Land. Springer 2007.
GENSKE, DIETER D. Urban Land: Degradation - Investigation – Remediation. Springer 2003.
MACEY G. Reclaiming the Land. Springer 2007.
SARNI W. Greening Brownfields: Remediation Through Sustainable Development. McGraw-Hill Proff. 2009.
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
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 34