Course Details
Theory of Landscape
Academic Year 2024/25
BSA012 course is part of 1 study plan
BPC-GK Summer Semester 2nd year
Development of Central European landscape, historical influence of human activities on the landscape and its development,
problems of cultural landscape functioning.
Landscape stability and its evaluation, territorial systems of ecological stability. Rekultivations.
Water in landscape, problems in riverbasin and watercourses, restoration of rivers and other bodies of water.
Water erosion, erosion control possibilities.
Basics of soil science, meteorology, climatology in relationship with the landscape.
Basic legislation.
problems of cultural landscape functioning.
Landscape stability and its evaluation, territorial systems of ecological stability. Rekultivations.
Water in landscape, problems in riverbasin and watercourses, restoration of rivers and other bodies of water.
Water erosion, erosion control possibilities.
Basics of soil science, meteorology, climatology in relationship with the landscape.
Basic legislation.
Credits
2 credits
Language of instruction
Czech
Semester
summer
Course Guarantor
Institute
Forms and criteria of assessment
examination
Entry Knowledge
Basic knowledge of chemistry, biology and physics.
Aims
Knowledge of regularities of landscape functioning, overview of landscape types, and laws of therir origin, development and changes of landscape caused by human activities.
Obtaining background knowledge about development and behaviour landscapes and influence of man
Obtaining background knowledge about development and behaviour landscapes and influence of man
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.
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.
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
- 1. Development of agricultural landscape in central European region, influence of natural factors and human activities on the landscape, problems of cultural landscape functioning.
- 2. Basic command of pedology – soil forming process, soil types, BPEJ.
- 3. Basic command of meteorology a climatology – atmosphere and its influence on landscape.
- 4. Landscape stability and its evaluation, territorial system of ecological stability.
- 5. Problems in landscape, rekultivations.
- 6. Water in landscape.
- 7. Restoration of rivers and other bodies of water.
- 8. Erosion processes in landscape.
- 9. Erosion control possibilities, organisating, agrotechnical and biotechnical measures.
- 10. Basic legislation.