ECTS
ECTS Course Catalogue
Course details
Course code: IAS10057f17Semester: 2017/2018 winter
Name: Environment Protection
Major: Landscape Architecture
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 5
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Bartosz Jawecki
Language of instruction: Polish / English
The course in English will be available if a minimum of 6 students sign up for a group. If less than 6 students sign up for the group, the course will be available in Polish with the possibility of individual support in English. Contact person: dr inż. Bartosz Jawecki
Learning outcomes: Student - knows the basic concepts of degradation and protection of water, soil, air, biodiversity, waste management, noise. - understands the importance of technical, economic and legal aspects of the environment protection and identifies environmental protection authorities. Skills - can determine the condition of the surrounding environment and the practically apply the relevant norms and standards necessary for proper environmental assessment. - can identify environmental hazards and to indicate possible measures and methods to counteract these threats. Plans the necessary actions to maintain the good condition of the environment or the improvement in the situation of pollution and degradation of the environment.
Competences: Studen: shows understanding of the importan-ce of protecting the environment for the development of society, is aware of the responsibility for rational and effective management of environ-mental resources. -is able to think and act in a creative and enterprising, interact and work in a group (assuming different roles), defining priorities for completing the task of environmental protection.
Prerequisites: biology and / or ecology, soil science, law, water management
Course content: The course covers environmental protection issues. The course defines the concept of the environment and its protection, the main cause of degradation of selected components of the environment and ways to reduce human pressure on the environment. It takes into account the characteristics of the legal system and the environmental protection authorities and the principle of access to information on the environment and its protection. The notion of environment and its protection. The history of environmental protection and current initiatives to protect the environment. Protection of the atmosphere (greenhouse effect, ozone depletion, acid rain, smog). Protection of the hydrosphere (water pollution, eutrophication, technical, economic and legal aspects of water protection). Soil protection (types of degradation, threats to soils in Poland). Protection of forests (threats, ways and means for forest protection). Indicator organisms (types and examples of bio-indicators). Waste management and the impact of waste on the environment. Renewable energy sources. Elements of toxicology (poisons and toxins, radioactivity, eliminate impurities from the body). Access to information on the environment and its protection. The National Environmental Policy ( landscape in NEP). The law and the environmental protection authorities.
Recommended literature: 1. Scientific Journals of Environmental Protection 2. Gilbert M. Masters, Wendell P. Ela 2007: Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science: International Edition 3. Abdul Malik, Elisabeth Grohmann 2012: Environmental Protection Strategies for Sustainable Development. 4. Bruce Wiersma 2004: Environmental Monitoring. 5. Andrew Farmer 2007: Handbook of Environmental Protection and Enforcement: Principles and Practice
Assessment methods: Exam result Result of assessment of classes (exercise)
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