FI:P044 Information Systems in Ecology

P044 Information Systems in Ecology

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 1997

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium), z (credit).

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Jiří Hřebíček, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

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

Definition of information system and its specification in environment protection.
The main principles of the development of information systems (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 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 IS for environment protection and the role of GIS.
Principal 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 -IS about waste, etc.).

Language of instruction

Czech