Shaping and protection of environment GPS102

Course content:
Basic concepts in the development and functioning of the landscape. Transformations in the landscape.
Planning and site management. Ecological planning.
Basic ecological and evolutionary processes conditioning the biological diversity at different levels of biological life. Risks environmental elements. Valuation methods of the natural environment.
Forms of legal protection of wildlife with particular reference to environmental impact assessment of planned investments and projects in the field of space management.
Categorization of environmental impact assessments of planned investments and projects and make decisions regarding the management of space.
Learning outcomes:
Education ability to identify environmental risks and the use effective instruments of nature conservation. Creating the capacity of planning.

Course coordinators

Grażyna Łaska

Bibliography

a) basic references:
Forman R. Land mosaics. Cambridge UP, 1995.
Pokorski J., Siwiec A. Kształtowanie terenów zieleni. WSiP, Warszawa, 1985.
Bogdanowski J., Łuczyńska-BruzdaM. Architektura krajobrazu. PWN, Warszawa, 1981
Andrzejewski R., Weigle A. Różnorodność biologiczna Polski. Nar. Fund. Ochrony Środowisk, Warszawa, 2003.
Łaska G. The Disturbance and Vegetation Dynamics: a review and an alternative framework.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Plant Ecology, 2001, 157(1): 77–99.
Symonides E. Ochrona Przyrody, PWN, Warszawa, 2008.
b) supplementary references:
Majdecki L. Problemy architektury krajobrazu. SGGW, Warszawa, 1988.
Lane G. Assessment of plans and projects significantly affecting Natura 2000 sites. European Communities, 2002.