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Regeneration of Industrial Landscape

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Course Unit Code546-0165/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated3 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer 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 aim of the course is to acquaint students with the kinds of anthropogenic degradation of landscapes with a focus on mining and indistriální landscape with the principles of restoration of functional use of individual landscape segments affected by industrial activities. Students are acquainted with modern trends in the development of reclamation technology. Another benefit and skill of the graduates of the subject lies in the practical familiarization with the various technologies of rehabilitation of the area in practice. Students can determine and use individual tree species in remediation and reclamation practice. Students will get a practical view of the problems of remediation and reclamation technologies for individual types of land, they will be able to decide for the appropriate solution due to the character of the land and the required utilization of the reclaimed area.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the kinds of anthropogenic degradation of landscapes with a focus on mining and indistriální landscape with the principles of restoration of functional use of individual landscape segments affected by industrial activities. Students are acquainted with modern trends in the development of reclamation technology. Another benefit and skill of the graduates of the subject lies in the practical familiarization with the various technologies of rehabilitation of the area in practice. Students can determine and use individual tree species in remediation and reclamation practice. Students will get a practical view of the problems of remediation and reclamation technologies for individual types of land, they will be able to decide for the appropriate solution due to the character of the land and the required utilization of the reclaimed area.
Course Contents
1. Introduction to the issue, basic concepts. Landscape as a complex formation and system.
2. Basic functions of the landscape in relation to man, complex landscape potential. Cultural landscape and limits of landscape load.
3. Degrees of anthropogenic landscape transformation, character of disturbed and devastated landscapes.
4. Succession, controlled succession, renaturalization, revitalization, reclamation
5. Importance of regeneration and reclamation as a process of restoration of disturbed biosphere.
6. Objects of regeneration according to types of anthropogenic deterioration of the landscape.
7. Influence and consequences of mining and industry, regeneration and reclamation after mining of raw materials and specific destructive use of the landscape.
8. The role of greenery in the landscape - forest and non-forest. Production and non-production functions of greenery in the landscape.
9. Landscape diagnosis and forecasting, sustainable development in landscape care.
10. Coordination of the revitalization process, including the time schedule and management costs.
11. Selected legal norms in the field of landscape care.
12. Basic knowledge of woody plants and herbs, Principles of use of woody plants and herbs, reclamation sowing procedures and planting plans.
13. Methods and principles of designing vegetation elements in the industrial environment - abandoned areas and restoration of their functions.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
DRIESSEN, P.M., KONIJN, N.T. Land-use Systems Analysis. Wageningen Agric. 1992.
ALMO f. Principles and methods in landcape ecology. Springer Dordrecht. 2006.
FRANCE R.L. AT ALL. Handbook of Regenerative Landscape Design. CRC Press 2007. ISBN 978-0-8493-9188-0
STALMACHOVÁ B., SIERKA E. Managed succession for reclamation of postmining landscape. Technická univerzita v Košiciach. Košice 2014. ISBN 978-80-553-1852-3.
ČERMÁK, P. F. DEDERA a J. KOHEL. Rekultivace ploch devastovaných těžbou nerostných surovin v oblasti Severočeského hnědouhelného revíru: metodika. Praha: Výzkumný ústav meliorací a ochrany půdy, 2002. 88 s. ISBN 80-239-0128-1
MIKOLÁŠ, M. a W. BIALY. Těžba uhlí a posthornická krajina v česko-polském pohraničí. Ostrava: VŠB – TUO, 2014. 249 s. ISBN 978-80-248-3615-7
STALMACHOVÁ, B. Základy ekologické obnovy průmyslové krajiny. Ostrava: VŠB – TUO, 1996. 155 s. ISBN 80-7078-375-3
STALMACHOVÁ, B. a E. SIERKA. Managed Succession in Reclamation of Postmining Landscape. Košice: Technická univerzita v Košiciach, 2014. ISBN 978-80-556-1852-3
Recommended Reading:
MANSOURIAN S., VALLAURI D., DUDLEY N. Forest Restoration in Landscapes. Springer New York. 2005.
SIERKA E., STALMACHOVÁ B., PIERZCHALA L., CHMURA D. Environmental and social-economic importance of subsidance reservoirs. Ben – Technická literatura, Praha 2012.
TRESS, B., TRESS, G., FRY, G., OPDAM, P. From landscape research to landscape planning: Aspects of integration, education and application. Springer. Amsterdam, 2005.
INDIVIDUAL PAPERS PUBLISHED IN FOLLOWING JOURNALS: Landscape and Urban Planning, Land Use Policy, Landscape Ecology.
PECHAROVÁ, E., I. SVOBODA a M. VRBOVÁ. Obnova jezerní krajiny pod Krušnými horami. Kostelec nad Černými lesy: Lesnická práce, 2011. 112 s. ISBN 978-80-87154-35-9
STALMACHOVÁ, B. a kol. Nejlepší praktiky v managementu brownfieldů. Ostrava: VŠB – TUO, 2012. 179 s. ISBN 978-80-24827-97-1
SÁDLO, J. a L. TICHÝ. Sanace a rekultivace po lomové a důlní těžbě: Tržné rány v krajině a jak je léčit. Brno: ZO ČSOP Pozemkový spolek Hády, 2002. 36 s. ISBN 80-903121-1-X
MANSOURIAN, S., D. VALLAURI a N. DUDLEY. Forest Restoration in Landscapes. Springer, 2005. 438 s. ISBN 978-0-387-29112-3
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Seminars, 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