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Ecological Constructions

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Course Unit Code223-0003/05
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionEnglish
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
VOJ09doc. Ing. Barbara Vojvodíková, Ph.D.
Summary
Subject ecological construction is focused on three main topics
Waste water treatment systems and principles, cleaning soil and water in remediation process on contaminated site redevelopment of country affected by underground mining.

content: Contaminated sites and brownfields Site Assessment, Site Investigation, Environmental Sampling, Remediation methods, Subsidence of landscapeafter termination of underground mining, Reclamation,Coal Bed methane, Water and wastewater treatment operations, Biological waste water treatment

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Subject ecological construction is focused on three main topics
Waste water treatment systems and principles, cleaning soil and water in remediation process on contaminated site, brownfields redevelopment,redevelopment of country affected by underground mining.
Course Contents
First Municipal wastewater treatment
Second Individual and special methods of wastewater treatment
Third Decontamination of in situ
Fourth Decontamination methods of ex situ
Fifth Biological treatment
Sixth Construction on the areas affected by natural gas and other impacts of mining
Seventh Reclamation Methods
Each course is devoted to 2 lectures
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
[1] Ecological network analysis: network construction. Ecological Modelling,
Volume 208, Issue 1, 24 October 2007, Pages 49-55. Brian D. Fath, Ursula M.
Scharler, Robert E. Ulanowicz and Bruce Hannon.
[2] The ecological modernisation of SMEs in the UK’s construction industry
Geoforum, Volume 38, Issue 1, January 2007, Pages 114-126. Andrea Revell.
3] Droste, R.L.:Theory and Practice of Water and Wastewater Treatment, Wiley, New York 1997.
[4] Brownfields Handbook – cross-disciplinary education tool focused on the issue of brownfields regeneration – http://fast10.vsb.cz/bribast
[5] Martinec, P. and comp.: Termination of underground coal mining and its impact on the environment, ANGRAM s.r.o.
[1] Herle,J.,Bareš,P.: Čištění odpadních vod z malých zdrojů znečištění, SNTL
Praha 1990.
[2] Chudoba,J.,Dohányos,M.,Wanner,J.: Biologické čištění odpadních vod, SNTL
Praha 1991.
[3] Herčík,M.,Lapčík,V.: Ochrana životního prostředí, skriptum VŠB 1993.
[4] Kubal,M.,Burkhard J., Březina,,M.:Dekontaminační technologie, WWW učební
texty, Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická, Praha 2002.
[5] Legislativa ČR příslušného zaměření v platném znění.
[6] Martinec, P a kol. Vliv ukončení hlubinné tšžby na životní prostředí, Nakladatelství ANGRAM s.r.o. 2006
Recommended Reading:
[1] Ecological network analysis: network construction. Ecological Modelling,
Volume 208, Issue 1, 24 October 2007, Pages 49-55. Brian D. Fath, Ursula M.
Scharler, Robert E. Ulanowicz and Bruce Hannon.
[2] The ecological modernisation of SMEs in the UK’s construction industry
Geoforum, Volume 38, Issue 1, January 2007, Pages 114-126. Andrea Revell.
[3] Brownfields Handbook – cross-disciplinary education tool focused on the issue of brownfields regeneration – http://fast10.vsb.cz/bribast

[4] Martinec, P. and comp.: Termination of underground coal mining and its impact on the environment, ANGRAM s.r.o. 2006
[1] Herle,J.,Bareš,P.: Čištění odpadních vod z malých zdrojů znečištění, SNTL
Praha 1990.
[2] Chudoba,J.,Dohányos,M.,Wanner,J.: Biologické čištění odpadních vod, SNTL
Praha 1991.
[3] Herčík,M.,Lapčík,V.: Ochrana životního prostředí, skriptum VŠB 1993.
[4] Kubal,M.,Burkhard J., Březina,,M.:Dekontaminační technologie, WWW učební
texty, Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická, Praha 2002.
[5] Legislativa ČR příslušného zaměření v platném znění.

[6] Droste, R.L.:Theroy and Practice of Water and Wastewater Treatment, Wiley, New York 1997.

[7] Brownfields Handbook – cross-disciplinary education tool focused on the issue of brownfields regeneration – http://fast10.vsb.cz/bribast

[8] Martinec, P. and comp.: Termination of underground coal mining and its impact on the environment, ANGRAM s.r.o. 2006
[9] Martinec, P a kol. Vliv ukončení hlubinné tšžby na životní prostředí, Nakladatelství ANGRAM s.r.o. 2006

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