Course: Environmental information systems and transportation

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Course title Environmental information systems and transportation
Course code KDPD/PZEMK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
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.
  • Verner Jan, Ing.
Course content
Environmental pollution development and its connection with environmental policy. Tools of environmental care in the Czech Republic Environmental legislature. Introduction to the problem. Structure of legal regulation. Legislature of general environmental care. Legislature connected with particular parts of environments. Section environmental legislation. Environmental protection activities. Environmental education. Environmental labelling (environmental labels, claims and declarations). Ecodesign. Programme of cleaner production. Life cycle assessment - methods and case analysis. Environmental management systems - introduction and benefits of its implementation EMS Conception and its implementation to the firm Environmental audit. Continual improvement of EMS and its certification.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
Clarify the environmental pollution development and its connection with environmental policy and legislature in the Czech Republic. Give the information about environmental protection activities and basic conception of environmental management systems.
Studying the course student will learn about the environmental pollution development and its connection with environmental policy (with focus on preventive strategy of environmental protection). He will be able to analyze impacts of firm activities on the environment, their connection with the legislature.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of chemistry and ICT in the range of secondary studies.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

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
  • Dirner, Vojtech. Ochrana životního prostředí : základy, plánování, technologie, ekonomika, právo a management. Praha: Ministerstvo životního prostředí České republiky, 1997. ISBN 80-7078-490-3.
  • OBRŠÁLOVÁ I., MOUČKA J. Environmentální management, Univerzita Pardubice, 1999, 92 s., ISBN 80-7194-235-9.
  • OBRŠÁLOVÁ I., RUDOLF E. Environmentální ekonomika, Univerzita Pardubice, 2000, 99 s., ISBN 80-7194-289-8.
  • 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 (2014) Category: Transportation and communications 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Transport Means: Environmental Protection in Transport (2013) Category: Transportation and communications 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer