| Course ID: | IIB-SE>BEZEKO |
| Course title: | ECOLOGICAL SAFETY |
| Semester: | 4 / Spring |
| ECTS: | 5 |
| Lectures/Classes: | 30 / 30 hours |
| Field of study: | Safety Engineering |
| Study cycle: | 1st cycle |
| Type of course: | compulsory |
| Prerequisites: | Biology and ecology |
| Contact person: | dr inż. Justyna Hachoł justyna.hachol@upwr.edu.pl |
| Short description: | The aim of the course is to make students aware of the essence of ecological safety and the need for an analytical and systemic approach to this problem. The second aim of the course is to provide students with knowledge of ecological safety and risk, global and local ecological problems, natural and technical hazards, sources of ecological risk in investment projects. The last goal is to familiarize students with the methods used at individual stages of environmental risk management: risk identification, risk assessment, and planning methods of responding to the risk. |
| Full description: | Sustainable development. Ecological safety in terms of general safety. Global and local environmental problems: global warming, ozon layer devastation, smog, biodiversity threat, soil degradation, forest threat, contamination and water shortage, waste, epidemics. Threats and their characteristic - anthropogenic threats (agriculture, industry etc.), breakdowns and technical disasters, natural threats. Health effects of environmental degradation. Sources of ecological risk in investment projects in water management. Ecological security in civil engineering. Tree protection at the construction site. Ecological safety in the textile and food industry. Analysis of ecological risk in reports of impacts on ecological environment. Elements of ecological risk management: identification of risk factors, risk classification, risk measurement, risk matrixes, planning risk response methods. |
| Bibliography: | 1. Lawrence W. Barnthouse, Wayne R. Munns, Jr.,Mary T. Sorensen: Population-Level Ecological Risk Assessment. New York, 2008; 2. Pritchard C.L.: Risk Management: Concepts and Guidance. Fourth Edition. Taylor & Francis, 2010; 3. Pritchard P.: Environmental Risk Management. Routledge, 2014; 4. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Guidelines for Ecological Risk Assessment. Washington, DC, 1998. |
| Learning outcomes: | Knowledge – Student knows and understands: „ecological safety” and „ecological risk” terms; knows how to classify risk and what precautions should be taken to lower its level. sources of natural and anthropogenic threats; elements of the environment threatened by natural and technical factors; the meaning of the term 'sustainable development'; has knowledge of business planning that is consistent with the principles of sustainable development. Skills – Student can: identify ecological risk factors of investment projects, choose the method and conduct an assessment of the likelihood of threats occurrance and their effects to chosen ecosystem elements; interpret obtained results and basing on them choose methods of reactions to the risk; assess the impact of chosen investment to environment. Social competences – Student is ready to: critical analysis of designed technical solutions in the context of ecological security. |
| Assessment methods and assessment criteria: | Total grade components: grade obtained at classes (50%) + grade obtained at lectures (50%) |