Course detail

Landscape Restoration and Stability

FAST-NSB022Acad. year: 2025/2026

Basic knowledge of landscape ecology, natural and cultural landscape.
Development of the Czech landscape, landscape types, impact of human activities on landscape. Landscape character,
architecture and landscape, urban sprawl.
Landscape ecological stability, territorial systems of ecological stability.
Main reasons of landscape devastation by human activities, landscape devastation caused by mining activities, classification and types of landscape reclamation, new trends in landscape reclamation, controlled succession.
Water in landscape, water regime restoration, erosion control, soil protection.
Natural forest management, grasslands protection, invasive species.
Nature and landscape conservation, subsidies programs.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Eva Hyánková, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Landscape Water Management (VHK)

Entry knowledge

Basic knowledge of geography and biology, basic knowledge of PC work (excel, word).

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

Basic knowledge of landscape ecology, natural and cultural landscape, impact of human activities, landscape restoration, landscape stability, territorial systems of ecological satbility.
Restoration of landscape aquatic systems.
Overview of the problems connected with the landscape, landscape values, landscape improvement programs and subsidies. The actual state of water courses in landscape amd their restoration possibilities.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

KRÁLOVÁ, Helena: Revitalizace a stabilita krajiny. VUT FAST (studijní opora), 2008. 
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

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPC-ARS Master's

    specialization ARA , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Eva Hyánková, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction to landscape ecology. Nomenclature. Literature. Natural and cultural landscape.
  • 2. Historical development of Czech landscape. Characteristics of Czech landscape. Urban sprawl.
  • 3. Ecological stability. Landscape ecological stability. Categories of geobiocenical types.
  • 4. Territorial systems of ecological stability. Examples of designes and realizations.
  • 5. Main reasons of landscape devastation by human activities, degradational and recovery processes in landscape.
  • 6. Characteristics of areas devastated by mining. Ways of reclamation. Biotechnical reclamation. Agricultural, forestry, hydric reclamation. Reclamation financing. New trends in reclamation, controlled succession. Examples of successful reclamation.
  • 7. Importance of water elements in landscape. Wetlands, pools, ponds.
  • 8. River systems restoration. Examples of successful river restorations in CZ and abroad.
  • 9. Erosion control, soil quality and protection.
  • 10. Natural forest management, grasslands protection, invasive species.
  • 11. Architecture in harmony with landscape. Principles of good development practice in landscape.
  • 12. Landscape formation programms. Subsidy programs for river restorations.
  • 13. Convention on European landscape. Nature and landscape conservation. Legislation.

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Eva Hyánková, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction. Rules. Publications and on-line sources of information. On-line maps.
  • 2. Landscape mapping methodology. Examples. Selection of the territory for mapping.
  • 3.–4. Landscape mapping - terrain work.
  • 5. Coefficient of ecological stability.
  • 6. Design of territorial system of ecological stability.
  • 7. Drawing up of project: Mapping and evaluation of landscape.
  • 8. Presentations of individual projects.
  • 12. Predicting soil loss from water erosion and solving of erosoion control on chosen area.
  • 13. Control, completion, obtaining of credits.