Environmental Engineering

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Supervisor:

Department of Landscape Water Conservation

Synopsis:

General information about interaction between human beings and their environment. Information about water quality and pollution, flood hazard, air and soil pollution, landscape utilization and protection, soil erosion, climate change, sustainability, waste production and disposal, energy production and consumption. Questions of ethics, philosophy and globalization are discussed together. The topics are given on basic information level, respecting various backgrounds of the students.

Requirements:

none

Syllabus of lectures:

1.Introduction into Environmental Engineering

2.Social, economical and environmental framework

3.Sustainable development

4.Basics of ecology

5.Atmosphere ? air pollution, ozone layer

6.Atmosphere ? solar radiation, greenhouse effect, Kyoto and Montreal protocols

7.Water ? sources, water pollution and waste water treatment

8.Water ? hydrological cycle, floods, droughts

9.Soil ? formation, classification, soil water

10.Waste management

11.Land reclamation and recultivation

Syllabus of tutorials:

Seminars: a team work focused on an evaluation of the environmental impact of a selected project.

Study Objective:

Understanding relation of civil engineering to environment and supporting sustainable development in our society.

Study materials:

(1) Environmental Engineering, fifth edition, Salvato A.J. et al., John Wiley & Sons - 2003 , (2) Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering, Martin J.L. et al., Technology - 1998, (3) internet sources

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Civil Engineering (compulsory elective course)
• Civil Engineering (compulsory elective course)