PřF:B5500 Environmental protection - Course Information
B5500 Protection of the environment
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2000
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: graded credit.
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Dipl. Biol. Jiří Schlaghamerský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. Dipl. Biol. Jiří Schlaghamerský, Ph.D.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. Dipl. Biol. Jiří Schlaghamerský, Ph.D. - Prerequisites
- none
- 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
- there are 14 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The objective of the lecture is to provide a consistent basic overview of existing or potential threats to the environement and of environmental protection from the global perspective as well as with regard to the situation in the Czech Republic. The focus is on the interconnection of basic scientific data and information on the current state, problems and developments in politics, legislation, and technology.
- Syllabus
- History of environmental protection; development of the human population and consumption of resources; air protection, the ozone hole,global climate change; water protection (water as a resource, pollution of of surface and ground waters, waste water treatment), soil protection and the impact of agriculture and forestry on the environment (soil as a resource, erosion, melioration, fertilization, soil contamination and remediation); (solid) waste management (waste handling, minimization, recycling, cleaner production, life cycle analyses); the impact of energetics; the impact of transportation; environmental protection tools (Environmental Impact Assessment, Risk Analysis, Environmental Audit, Due Diligence Assessment, Environmental Management Systems); Czech Environemental Authorities; Czech environmental legislation.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2000, recent)
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