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Course code: RSSS10132o12Semester: 2012/2013 summer
Name: Reclamation of Degraded Lands
Major: Environmental Protection
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 6
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. Anna Karczewska
Language of instruction: English
Learning outcomes: Students will get theoretical knowledge and prepare their own projects concerning the rules of soil reclamation and rational use of reclaimed areas, with special focus on mining and post-industrial lands.
Competences: After finishing the course, students are able to take decision on reclamation need, have satisfactory knowledge to choose the best way for reclamation and future land usage. They have a basic competence for preparing the projects of technical and biological steps in land reclamation.
Prerequisites: Natural resources and their protection, Global environmental problems and sustainable development, Environmental chemistry, Soil protection, Agro-ecological bases for plant cultivation, Management of green lands, Fundamentals of forestry.
Course content: Soil reclamation – general idea, phases and methods. Criteria for the choice of future land usage. Legal regulations in land reclamation Landscape planning for reclaimed lands. Technical, natural and park-type landscapes.
Recommended literature: 1. Karczewska A. 2008: Ochrona gleb i rekultywacja terenów zdegradowanych. Wyd. UP we Wrocławiu, (in Polish) 2. Suthersan Suthan S. 1997: Remediation engineering: design concepts. CRC Press. 3. Wong M.H. 1999: Remediation and management of degraded lands, CRC Press 4. Nathanail C.P., Bardos, R.P. 2004: Reclamation of contaminated land. John Wiley & Sons 5. Meyers R. A. 1999: The Wiley Encyclopedia of Environmental Pollution and Cleanup - Concise 2 Volume Set. John Wiley & Sons 6. Lehr J.H., Seevers W.J. 2001: Handbook of complex environmental remediation problems. McGraw-Hill Professional 7. Environmental protection, 2008. GUS, Warszawa.
Assessment methods: Completion of laboratory training and written exam; minimum 60% of knowledge to pass.
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