Course: Environmental Legislation in Transportation

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Course title Environmental Legislation in Transportation
Course code KDPD/PELEP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Sejkorová Marie, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Environmental legislature in the CR and in the EU, general provisions. Administration procedure. Legislative in the water protection. Legislative duties in transport's firm. Use of surface water for navigation. Emergency. Emergency plan. Legislative in the air protection. Law of air protection. Pollution source classification. Legislative for mobile pollution source. Road transport law. Railway transport law. Noise and vibration, public health protection. Noise mapping. Waste legislative, catalogue of wastes, details of waste treatment. Treatment with selected products and equipments (waste oil, accumulator, vehicle-wreck). Treatment with chemical substances. Prevent of important emergency. Conservation of nature and countryside. Integrated pollution prevention and control. Transport of the dangerous goods by railway and road. Execute regulations. Environmental impact assessment in the project documentation. Civil engineering law and its environmental aspects. Location and construction procedure. Legislative audit of transport firm - its structure.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Methods of individual activities
Learning outcomes
Give the abstract of environmental legislature in the Czech Republic and European Union and its implementation to the transport section.
Studying the course student will obtain complex overview about environmental legislature in the Czech Republic and in the European Union. He manages to identify legislative requirements and apply them in a firm.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of chemistry

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination, Student performance assessment

The assignment confirms that, the student of daily form of schooling attended obligatory education properly, that he joined solving of assigned tasks actively, and that he fulfilled requests which are necessary for this assignment confirmation. Conditions for assignment confirmation are determined by tutor. Exam from this course (form, conclusion, duration) is in conformity with Studying and examining rules of University Pardubice. During final exam student has to prove his understanding of topics mentioned above and to prove ability to solve assigned tasks individually. Particular requests will be past to students in the first part of education by tutor.
Recommended literature
  • FIŠEROVÁ, S. Hygienické minimum. Sdružení požárního a bezpečnostního inženýrství v Ostravě, 2005. ISBN 80-86634-60-4.
  • ŠKAPA, P. Doprava a životní prostředí I, II, III.. VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2004.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Means: Environmental Protection in Transport (2016) Category: Transportation and communications 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter