Course: Information Systems in Environmental Protection

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Course title Information Systems in Environmental Protection
Course code UECHI/C253
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
Course content
week 1: Geographic information system and geoinformatics, basic concepts. Spatial data and their representation in GIS, raster and vector map layers. Spatial interconnection of data. week 2: Topology. Coordinate systems and map projections. week 3: Map servers and their use, map services of the National Geoportal INSPIRE. Overview of other map servers with environmental focus. week 4: Sources of GIS data on the environment, metainformation systems on GIS data. week 5: Vector data processing, basic query and analytical functions. week 6: Raster data processing, digital terrain model and distribution of physical and chemical quantities in the area. Map algebra. week 7: Remote sensing of the Earth. Possibilities of using remote sensing data. week 8: Approaches to GIS as an information system, examples of environmental applications, the use of GIS in state administration and self-government in the field of environmental protection and management of natural resources, in the management of protected areas. week 9: Information systems on the state of the environment in the Czech Republic - air. week 10: Information systems on the state of the environment in the Czech Republic - water. week 11: Information systems on the state of the environment in the Czech Republic - soil. week 12: General information systems on the environment. Important information sources of the EU, the world. week 13: Modeling of processes in the environment.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Skills training
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination, Home assignment evaluation

Recommended literature
  • Brunclík, Tomáš. Informační systémy v ochraně životního prostředí : geoinformační technologie. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7395-670-7.
  • Hřebíček J., Kubásek M. Environmentální informační systémy. Brno, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7204-697-3.


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