Course detail
Landscape Restoration and Stability
FAST-NSB020Acad. year: 2024/2025
Types of the landscape, human influence on the landscape, main reasons of anthropogenic damage of the landscape
Devastation of the landscape during mining activities and its reclamation
Classification of reclamation, biotechnical reclamation, agricultural and forestry reclamation, new trends in reclamations in CR.
Ecological stability, landscape stability, territorial systems of ecological stability.
Landscape conservation.
Problems of water in landscape.
Restoration of landscape aqueous systems, restoration of small water courses in the landscape,
subsidies programs for CZ.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Aims
Restoration of aquatic systems of the landscape
Student gains basic knowledge of landscape ecology, landscape restoration, landscape stability, territorial systems of ecological satbility and restoration of landscape aquatic systems.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
DEMEK, J.: Úvod do krajinné ekologie. 1999.
JUST, Tomáš a kol. Vodohospodářské revitalizace. MŽP, Praha, 2005. 359 s.
MADĚRA,P., ZIMOVÁ E.(eds.): Metodické postupy projektování lokálního ÚSES. MZLU, Brno, 2017.
Recommended reading
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Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
- 1. Introduction to landscape ecology. Landscape ecology as a scientific discipline. Nomenclature.
- 2. Natural landscape. Cultural landscape. Disturbed landscape.
- 3. Ecological stability. Landscape stability and methods of its evaluation.
- 4. Devastated landscape. Ways and phases of recultivation. Biotechnical phase of reclamation. Agricultural reclamation, plants. Forestry reclamation, suitable wood species. Other ways of reclamation.
- 5. Landscape restoration. Territorial systems of ecological stability.
- 6. Urban sprawl, low impact development. Landscape conservation.
- 7. Water in landscape. Problems in river basin, problems of improper river modifications. Wetlands, pools and other water elements in the landscape.
- 8. Restoration of landscape water systems. Basic principles, technical solutions of restoration and river migration passability.
- 9. Evaluation of river restoration, maintenance, problems. Examples of restoration from CR and foreign countries.
- 10. Nature and landscape conservation in CR, legislation. Subsidies programs.
Exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
- 1. Introduction. Rules. Publications and on-line sources of information. On-line maps.
- 2. Landscape mapping methodology. Examples. Coefficient of ecological stability. Selection of the territory for mapping.
- 3.-4. Landscape mapping - terrain work.
- 5.–6. Evaluation of terrain landscape mapping.
- 7.–8. Design of part of territorial systems of ecological stability.
- 9.-10. Presentations of individual projects.
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