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Course code: RSSS20349o13Semester: 2013/2014 summer
Name: Reclamation of geotechnically degraded lands
Major: Environmental Protection
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 3
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: Prof. dr hab. Anna Karczewska
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: The students possess the basic knowledge on the mechanisms of technical soil degradation, particularly in mining centres, and know the main areas where such degradation occurs in Poland. They are acquainted with legal regulation concerning mine closure and reclamation of degraded lands. They know the most important technical and biological methods used for reclamation of mining lands. They know the principal rules that decide on the choice of future usage of reclaimed objects. They describe the examples of mining areas where various land reclamation and re-vitalization techniques have been applied. Skills: Students are able to interpret legal regulation concerning land reclamation as related to various mining areas. They are qualified to analyse the available ways how the mining area may be reclaimed and are able to give rationale for the choice of optimal solution. They can prepare simplified projects of reclamation applicable for particular mining areas. They assess the effects of land degradation caused by non-mining geotechnical activities and are able to design reclamation processes in such cases.
Competences: Personal and social competences: The individuals are able to forecast the environmental effects that may be caused by mining and geotechnical activities. They indicate the proper measures applicable to reduce the environmental risk. Students exhibit interest in the present issues of land reclamation. They are able to defend their concepts using rational arguments. They are able to give the interesting accounts on the knowledge they got from the literature.
Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Geology, Environmental resources and their exploitation, Environmental law, Principles of land reclamation
Course content: Course contents: Mechanisms of geotechnical land degradation. Environmental effects of underground and open-pit mining activities. Occurrence of degraded post-mining lands. The choice of future land usage and reclamation methods. Legal regulations concerning reclamation of mining areas. The examples that illustrate the process of reclamation and its effects in the cases of selected mine objects.
Recommended literature: Recommended literature (in English, including Internet sources): 1) Feder. G.L. 1979: Mining, reclamation, and water quality, U.S. Geological Survey 2) Hutchison Ian P. G, Ellison Richard D. 1992: Mine Waste Management CRC Press 3) Remediation of Historical Mine Sites-Technical Summaries and Bibliography, 1998. SME, Canada 4) Spitz Karlheinz; Trudinger John 2008: Mining and the Environment: From Ore to Metal, CRC Press 5) Geoffrey Blight 2010: Geotechnical Engineering for Mine Waste Storage Facilities, CRC Press
Assessment methods: Assessment methods: Knowledge: Written tests to check the knowledge presented in the lectures and tutorials. Skills: Assessment of projects and presentations. Competences: Assessment of presentations and discussion
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