Course Unit Code | 546-0342/08 |
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Number of ECTS Credits Allocated | 3 ECTS credits |
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Type of Course Unit * | Choice-compulsory type B |
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Level of Course Unit * | First Cycle |
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Year of Study * | Second Year |
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Semester when the Course Unit is delivered | Summer 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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| PEC06 | doc. Ing. Iva Janáková, Ph.D. |
| MUD0002 | Ing. Jaroslav Mudruňka, Ph.D. |
Summary |
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After completion of the „Current State and Development of Environment in Czech
Republic“ students will understand the basic environmental processes ,
polluting agents, contamination of environment and its history.Basic
information of monitoring, biomonitorig, evaluation of risk assessment. |
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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The subject Current State and Development of the Environment in the CR aims to identify the historical context of pollution of the individual constituents of the environment and to clarify damage done to them. Next, methods of their monitoring and direct measuring, including evaluation of health risks, will be demonstrated. |
Course Contents |
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1. Causes of environmental changes and influencing factors (settlements and migration of population, territorial distribution of population, demographic development)
2. Production and consumption (gross domestic product, people’s expenditures, employment, agriculture, industry, power engineering, building industry, transport, travel)
3. Waste, old ecological burdens, changes of climate
4. State and development of environment constituents - air (situation with emissions and immissions, operation of smog-warning and regulation systems, meteorological conditions)
5. State and development of environment constituents - water (hydrological and meteorological conditions, water quality, water use, water management, sources of pollution)
6. State and development of environment constituents - soil and rock environment
7. State and development of environment constituents- forests
8. State and development of environment constituents - nature and landscape (conservation of nature and landscape, Natura 2000, financial instruments to support conservation of nature and landscape)
9. physical field (state of the ozone layer over the Czech Republic, radiation situation, radon risk, noise, non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation and electric and magnetic field)
10. Environment and health (health state of the population, extraneous matter in the food chain)
11. Environmental policy tools (economic instruments, environmental expenditures, voluntary tools)
12. Environmental Impact Assessment – EIA/SEA and Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control – IPPC, integrated register of environmental pollution
13. Education, training, public education and work with the public in the sphere of environmental education |
Recommended or Required Reading |
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Required Reading: |
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Report on the environment in the Czech Republic in 2020 Prague: Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic, 2020. ISBN 978-80-87770-68-9.ISBN 978-80-87770-73-3. 2020. [online] https://www.cenia.cz/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Report_Env_CZE_2019.pdf
The European environment — state and outlook 2020 : Knowledge for transition to a sustainable Europe. 2020. [online]. https://www.eea.europa.eu/soer/publications/soer-2020 |
Zpráva o životním prostředí ČR [online]. Praha: MŽP ČR, 2020. [online] https://www.cenia.cz/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Zprava2020.pdf
Systém monitorování zdravotního stavu obyvatelstva : Souhrnná zpráva za rok 2020 ve vztahu k životnímu prostředí. Praha: SZÚ, 2021. ISBN 978-80-7071-406-5.
Státní politika životního prostředí 2030, s výhledem do 2050 [online]. Dostupné z: https://www.mzp.cz/
US EPA – Database IRIS (EPA´S Integrated Risk Information System US EPA, Office of Health and Environmental assessment). |
Recommended Reading: |
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ISSAR: Information System for Statistics and Reporting provides statistical information about state and trends of the environment in the Czech Republic.[online]. Praha: https://issar.cenia.cz/en/.
US EPA - Database IRIS (EPA´S Integrated Risk Information System US EPA,
Office of Health and Environmental assessment).
Briggs, D., Corvalán, C., Nurminen, M, 1996 _ Linkage methods for environmental and health analysis - general guidelines, WHO/EHG/95.26, Geneva |
Strategické dokumenty v gesci MŽP. Praha: MŽP. Dostupné z: https://www.mzp.cz/
BOCK, M. Příručka hodnocení životního prostředí: přístupy, prostředky a postupy. Praha: CENIA, 2008. ISBN 978-80-85087-65-9
KRATĚNOVÁ, J. a kol. Systém monitorování zdravotního stavu obyvatelstva ve vztahu k ŽP. Praha: SZÚ, 2017.
BRIGGS, D. a kol. Linkage Methods for Environmental and Health Analysis: General Guidelines. Geneva: WHO/EHG/95.26, 1996 |
Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
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Lectures, Other activities |
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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Examination | Examination | 100 | 51 |