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Lecturer(s)
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Janíková Lenka, Ing. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Week 1 Specifics of the history of the development of life on the planet, the relationship between humans and the environment. Anthropocene as a new geological era? Week 2 Earth as a global ecosystem - basic processes. Natural cycles, human-induced changes and their impacts on the biosphere. Week 3 Current global environmental issues and their impact on human populations. Week 4 Atmosphere - composition, anthropogenic changes and atmospheric phenomena affecting human health (smog, contamination, microplastics, etc.). Week 5 Hydrosphere - impact of drinking/natural/mineral water composition on human health. Week 6 Anthropogenic changes in the composition of the hydrosphere, modern pollutants (endocrine disruptors, drug residues, microplastics, etc.) and their impact on health. Week 7 Lithosphere - influence of the composition of the subsurface on human health. Tectonic processes and their impacts. Week 8 Pedosphere - composition and changes caused by human activity. Fate of pollutants in the soil environment. and impact on nutrient cycles and human health. Week 9 Ionising radiation and its natural and artificial sources in the environment. Radiation background of the Czech Republic. Radon. Effect on human health. Week 10 Indoor environmental issues - physical, chemical and biological pollutants and their impact on human health. Week 11 Sick Building Syndrome. Work and living environments. Improving the quality of the indoor environment. Week 12 Protecting public health. Week 13 Sustainable practices based on applied ecology as a tool for improving environmental quality and human health - sustainable urban environments, sustainable agricultural practices, etc. Supported by NextGenerationEU. Funded by the European Union.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
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Learning outcomes
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The main objectives of the lectures of the course "Environmental Health" will be to familiarize students (I) with the complex of geological, climatic, anthropogenic, chemical and physicochemical influences on the relationship between human health and the environment and (II) with the application of sustainable practices based on applied ecology in terms of minimizing the impact of anthropogenic activities on the environment in relation to human health.
After completing the course, students are able to understand the relationship between human health and the environment.
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge of ecology, biology, geology, chemistry, and toxicology at the high school level.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination
Oral final exam.
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Recommended literature
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Antropocén. Praha: Academia, 2020. ISBN 978-80-200-3129-7.
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Environmentální výzkum a hrozby 21. století. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2022. ISBN 978-80-246-4954-2.
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Příležitosti a výzvy environmentálního výzkumu. Praha: Karolinum, 2015. ISBN 978-80-246-2667-3.
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Bencko V., Novák J., Suk M., Novotný L. Zdraví a přírodní podmínky. Praha, 2011. ISBN 978-80-905047-0.
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TUČEK, M. a kol. Hygiena a epidemiologie. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2018. ISBN 978-80-246-3933-8.
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