FSS:ENS101 Local Environmental Risks - Course Information

ENS101 Local Environmental Risks

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Bohuslav Binka, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Bc. Petra Burišková
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies

Timetable

Mon 11:30–13:00 P22

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 25 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The course acquaints students with man's demands for energy and natural resources. It explains the mechanism of air, water and soil pollution and how organisms are affected. Attention is paid to pollution caused by noise, vibrations, heat, light and radiation. The course also involves a brief overview of environmental toxicology. The risks of energy industry, mining, industry, agriculture, forest management, transport and tourism will be analysed. Special attention will be paid to problems of waste management, especially the municipal one.
At the end of the course students should be able to:
understand the complexity of environmental problems;
improve their ability to analyse new problems and find solutions;
critically reflects and evaluate policy intruments of solving environmental problems.

Syllabus

• Risk and society, risk perception.
• Strategies and mechanisms of environmental protection, reacktive and proactive strategie
• Concept of sustainable development.
• Seminar - Environmental risks of resource use.
• Seminar - Water as resource and risk.
• Seminar - Environmental factors threating human health.
• Seminar - Environmentální rizika dopravy.
• Seminar - Principles of waste management.
• Seminar - Agriculture and its environmental impact.
• Seminar - Environment of the Czech Republic.

Literature

recommended literature
• HAQ, Gary and Alistair PAUL. Environmentalism since 1945. New York: Routledge, 2012, xvi, 124. ISBN 9780415601825. info
• Tři svíce za budoucnost : návody a nápady jak přežít konec světa. Edited by Václav Cílek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Novela bohemica, 2012, 302 s. ISBN 9788087683026. info
• Biocentrism and Modernism. Edited by Oliver A. I. Botar - Isabel Wünsche. Farnham, Surrey, England: Ashgate, 2011, xvi, 266. ISBN 9781409400509. info
• GILDING, Paul. The great disruption : why the climate crisis will bring on the end of shopping and the birth of a new world. 1st U.S. ed. New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2011, 292 s. ISBN 9781608193530. info
• MAREK, Michal V. Uhlík v ekosystémech České republiky v měnícím se klimatu. Vydání 1. Praha: Academia, 2011, 253 stran. ISBN 9788020018762. info
• CALTHORPE, Peter. Urbanism in the age of climate change. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2011, xii, 139. ISBN 9781597267212. info
• MILLER, Carol. The church of cheese : gypsy ritual in the american heyday. Boston: Gemma, 2010, xix, 236. ISBN 9781934848616. info
• Agriculture in urban planning : generating livelihoods and food security. Edited by Mark Redwood. Sterling, VA: Earthscan, 2009, xviii, 248. ISBN 9780415507363. URL info
• LIGHT, Jennifer S. The nature of cities : ecological visions and the American urban professions, 1920-1960. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009, x, 310. ISBN 9780801891366. URL info
• KURAŠ, Mečislav, Vojtech DIRNER, Vladimír SLIVKA and Milan BŘEZINA. Odpadové hospodářství. Vyd. 1. Chrudim: Vodní zdroje Ekomonitor, 2008, 143 s. ISBN 9788086832340. info
• MILLER, G. Tyler. Living in the environment : principles, connections, and solutions. 12th ed. Belmont: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, 2002, xx, 758. ISBN 0534376975. info
• Environmental risks and the media. Edited by Stuart Allan - Barbara Adam - Cynthia Carter. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2000, xiv, 278. ISBN 0415214475. info
• DIRNER, Vojtech. Ochrana životního prostředí :základy, plánování, technologie, ekonomika, právo a management. Praha: Ministerstvo životního prostředí, 1997, 333 s. ISBN 80-7078-490-3. info
• HAWKES, Dean. Environmental tradition : studies in the architecture of environment. 1st ed. New York: E & FN Spon, 1996, 212 p. ISBN 0419199004. info
• ARLUKE, Arnold and Clinton SANDERS. Regarding animals. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996, vii, 218. ISBN 1566394414. info
• Perceiving environmental risks. Edited by Timothy O'Riordan. London: Academic Press, 1995, vi, 242. ISBN 0125278403. info
• Historical ecology : cultural knowledge and changing landscapes. Edited by Carole L. Crumley. 1st ed. [Seattle]: Distributed by the University of Washington Press, 1994, xiv, 284. ISBN 0933452853. info

not specified
• Sustainable urbanism and beyond : rethinking cities for the future. Edited by Tigran Haas. New York: Rizzoli, 2012, 318 s. ISBN 9780847838363. info

Teaching methods

The course is based on lectures and individual work with the study recourses. Students are required to write two essays based on their readings.

Assessment methods

The course is finished by an examination. Students receive credits for two essays and the final written test. The literature for the subject will be placed in the section “Study materials” in IS. The exact conditions of the point evaluation for the test and essays will be published in the section “Study materials”. The topics for the presentations and the instructions will be published there as well.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Kurz se otevírá při 5 a více přihlášených studentech.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• ENSb1303 Local Environmental Risks
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