Selected Environmental Issues in Transport

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Department of Transport Engineering

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Issues of traffic noise, general principles and current legislation

Noise sources, measures to reduce noise

Field measurement with NOR 140 sound analyzer

Evaluation of measured values

Air and environmental pollution

Types of pollutants from transport

The impact of transport on global climate change

Measures to reduce environmental pollution due to transport, applicable legislation

Traffic - air pollution models, their historical development, types, application possibilities,

examples of outputs from a number of international studies and projects

Landscape fragmentation and its consequences

Implementation of appropriate measures to reduce the barrier effect and their effectiveness

Legislative framework and examples of solutions from the Czech Republic and abroad

Transport in the framework of sustainable development, sustainable mobility

Legislative framework, examples from the Czech Republic and abroad

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