PV044 Environmental Information Systems

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2012
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), RNDr. Miroslav Kubásek, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Jiří Hřebíček, CSc.
RECETOX – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Jiří Hřebíček, CSc.
Supplier department: RECETOX – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Mon 18:00–19:50 B410
Prerequisites
It is recommended course PV108 Environmentalistika, but is not mandatory,
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
Course objectives
At the end of the course the students obtain: introduction to environmental information and their specification in the context of public access of environmental information in the Czech Republic, European Union and the world. Definition of environmental information system (IS) principles of monitoring of environmental data together with main principles of the development of environmental IS. Overview of the National environmental information system of the Czech Republic developed by the Ministry for Environment and Shared environmental information system of European union developed by EEA are discussed.
Syllabus
  • Environmental information and their specification.
  • Monitoring and prosessing environmental data.
  • Public access to environmental information in the Czech Republic, European Union 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 and interoperability in EU; database, mapping and GIS technology; structure and hierarchy IS following from the Czech legislation in IS and its harmonization with European Union, OECD and UN ones).
  • Database structures and functions of environmental IS for monitoring and reporting in waste and water management, air, soil and biodiversity protection (type of processed data, registers, parameters and their relationships) and horizontal and vertical data and information flows.
  • Single environmental IS used by the Ministry of Environment and maintained by ministry institutes (Czech Envinronmental Information Agency, Czech Hydrometrological Institute, Water Research Institute, etc). Shared environmental IS (SEIS) and its development in EU, data centers of EEA, EIONET.
  • Company information system for waste management, its functions and database structure. Waste management reporting.
  • Annual project of analysis and design of Internet environmental IS.
Literature
    required literature
  • HŘEBÍČEK, Jiří. Globální informační systémy v mezinárodním měřítku. (Global information systems in international scale.). In Mezinárodní management životního prostředí, Svazek II. Nástroje a systémy environmentálního managementu. první. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2005, p. 49-68. Mezinárodní management živ. prostředí, Svazek II. ISBN 80-7179-920-3. info
    recommended literature
  • HŘEBÍČEK, Jiří and Jaroslav RÁČEK. Environmentální informatika a její role v aplikované informatice (Environmental informatics and its role in applied informatics). In HŘEBÍČEK, Jiří and Jaroslav RÁČEK. 3. letní škola aplikované informatiky. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2006, p. 5-10, 11 pp. ISBN 80-210-4146-3. info
  • HŘEBÍČEK, Jiří. New Trends in Environmental Reporting EU. In The System of Accounting and Reporting for Sustainable Development at Microeconomic and Macroeconomic Levels. Pardubice: University of Pardubice, 2006, p. 53-57. ISBN 80-7194-867-5. info
  • HŘEBÍČEK, Jiří. Globale Umweltinformationssysteme in internationalen Masstab (Global international environmental information systems). In Internationales Umweltmanagement, Band II: Umweltmanagementinstrumente und - systeme. Wiesenbaden: Gabler Verlag, 2003, p. 53-75. Internationales Umweltmanagement, Band II. ISBN 3-409-12318-0. URL info
Teaching methods
Lectures supplemented by annual project of analysis and design of simple web environmental IS.
Assessment methods
Oral exam, during semester are required homeworks and closing team project.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://www.fi.muni.cz/~hrebicek/eis
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013.
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