P044 Information Systems in Ecology

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 1999
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium), z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jiří Hřebíček, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Karel Pala, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Jiří Hřebíček, CSc.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • Environmental information and their specification.
  • Freedom access to environmental information in the Czech Republic and the world.
  • Definition of information system (IS)and its specification in environment protection. Metadata and metainformation system.
  • The main principles of the development of environmental IS in the state administrative of the Czech republic and in municipal government. Standards of IS/IT in the State and municipal IS, structure and hierarchy IS in the state administrative of environmental protection. The role of the Czech legislation in IS and its harmonisation with European Union, OECD and UN ones (international standards in environmental statistics).
  • Database structures and functions of environmental IS for measurement and monitoring in waste, water and air protection management and their horizontal and vertical data flows. Special IT and the methodology of development environmental IS and the role of GIS.
  • Environmental IS used by the Ministry of Environment Protection and their maintenance by direct controlled central institutes (Czech hydrometrological institute, Water research institute, Czech ecological institute, etc.).
  • Examples of these IS (HEIS - HydroEcological IS, ISW - Waste IS, etc.).
  • Annual project of analysis and design of Internet environmental IS.
Literature
  • GRYCZ, Czeslaw Jan, Barbara K. RODES and Ludmil DIMITROV. Libraries and environmental information centers in central eastern Europe: a locator/directory. El Cerrito: The Wladyslaw Poniecki Foundation, 1994, Přeruš.s. ISBN 1-56513-003-0. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Ústní zkouška, během semestru je vyžadována domácí práce a na závěr projekt
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1995, Autumn 1996, Autumn 1997, Autumn 1998, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 1999, recent)
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