Course Details
Applied Ecology
Academic Year 2025/26
Course Guarantor
Institute
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
3 credits
Semester
summer
Forms and criteria of assessment
graded course-unit credit
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
- 1. Introduction to ecology: definitions, basic terms, literature. Sustainable development. Ecological footprint. Sustainable agriculture. Organic food.
- 2. Chemicals in environment and its impact on human health.
- 3. Greenhouse gasses in atmosphere, Climate change and its impact on environment. IPCC.
- 4. Introduction to landscape ecology. Natural and cultural landscape. Ecological stability. Czech landscape. Landscape protection.
- 5. Impact of industry and mining on landscape.
- 6. Water in landscape. River restoration. Water eutrophication, water bloom in reservoirs.
- 7. Water in urbanized environment. Consumption and price of water. Treatment of sewage water. Rain water use. River in urban environment.
- 8. Vegetation in urban environment: parks, avenues and green roofs.
- 9. Eco-counseling, a human being as a consumer. Waste production and disposal. Environmentally friendly appliances. Ecolabelling.
- 10. Brownfields. Urban sprawl.
- 11. Low energy and passive buildings.
- 12. Public spaces. City for the people.
- 13. Ecological architecture.
Exercise
13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
- 1. Introduction, rules, literature. Presentations topics.
- 2. Ecological and carbon footprint calculators. Presentation of selected topics.
- 3. Food miles. Presentation of selected topics.
- 4. Presentations of selected brownfield restoration projects.
- 5. Presentations of selected public spaces.
- 6. Presentations of successful waterfront projects, river restoration in the city.