Course Details

Watershed Conservation

Academic Year 2024/25

NSA015 course is part of 1 study plan

​ NPC-SIV Summer Semester 1st year

Analysis of historical development and state of the landscape. Landscape development without anthropogenic influences and changes caused by man. Runoff rates of landscape segments, their retention ability and the ability of the human impact on these properties. Changes caused by agriculture, the impact of conservation measures, the impact of technical interventions. Protection of soil, water resources and urban surface runoff before. Landscaping with regard to water management and its impact on the ecology of streams.

Credits

3 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

summer

Course Guarantor

prof. Ing. Miroslav Dumbrovský, CSc.

Institute

Institute of Landscape Water Management

Forms and criteria of assessment

graded course-unit credit

Entry Knowledge

Basic knowledge of issues of Hydrology,Land consolidation, Watershed protection, Restoration and landscape stability

Aims

The provide information for students aboutlanscape development like complex methode for optimal spatial and functional arrangement of plots into a system of common facilities for students in conection on traffic, erosion control and ecological systems as obligatory parts of plan of common facilities.
The students will provide practical and theoretical information abot komplex system of methodes for project design of lad consolidation process especially in digital forms
Student gains basic knowledge and practical and theoretical information about komplex system of methodes for project design of lad consolidation process especially in digital forms.

Basic Literature

Kadlec, V., Dostál, T., Vrána, K., a kol. (2014). Navrhování technických protierozních opatření: metodika. Praha: Výzkumný ústav meliorací a ochrany půdy. ISBN 978-80-87361-29-0. (cs)
Janeček, M., a kol. (2012). Ochrana zemědělské půdy před erozí. Metodika PEO. Praha: Powerprint. ISBN 978-80-87415-42-9.. (cs)
DUMBROVSKÝ, M.; SOBOTKOVÁ, V.; ŠARAPATKA, B.; CHLUBNA, L.; VÁCHALOVÁ, R. Cost-effectiveness evaluation of model design variants of broad-base terrace in soil erosion control. ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING, 2014, roč. 68, č. 2014, s. 260-269. ISSN: 0925-8574. (en)
DRBAL, K., DUMBROVSKÝ, M. a kol. (2009): Metodický návod pro identifikaci KB.Brno: Ministerstvo životního prostředí ČR (cs)
VRÁNA, K. a kol.: Krajinné inženýrství. ČKAIT Praha, 1998.  (cs)

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/281817

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1.-2. Extreme hydrological phenomena in the watershed - flood threat, drought
  • 3.-4. Comprehensive design of environmentally sound adaptation measures in the catchment area
  • 5.-6. Design of line technical protection and retention measures
  • 7.-8. Design of area technical protection and retention measures, bench terraces, retention reservoir
  • 9.-10. Revitalization of hydrographic network and micro-network
  • 13. Systems of ecological stability of landscape and Land Consolidation in the context of watershed protection and organization.

Exercise

13 weeks, 1 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Digital and standard data, analysis of land cover and hydrographic network.
  • 2. Erosion analysis.
  • 3. Runoff analysis.
  • 4. Design of organizational measures.
  • 5. Design of linear biotechnical measures.
  • 6. Design of areal biotechnical measures.