Soil pollution and protection 1300-OZOG501
Soil functions, definitions. Legal regulations applied for soil protection in Polnand and UE. Land use managements in Poland and tendency of their changes. Types of soil degradation: soil depletion, ionic equilibrium injury, soil salination, soil acidification and alkalinisation, reduction of humus, desertification, excessive soil moisture, soil erosion caused by winter, water, snow, ice, human activity and movement in response to gravity, destruction of soil structure, deformations of landscapes, techniques damage and devastation of humus horizon (A), chemical contamination, mechanical contamination, fragmentation of land with biologically activity, metabolic intoksycation of soils. Factors of soil degradation: deforestation, atmospheric contamination, trace elements, fluorine, sulphur, nitrogen. Agricultural and technical degradation of ecological structure. Soil utilization in waste management. Agricultural utilization of sewage sludge. Influence of fertilizers and pesticides on soils. Soil protection. Remediation and reclamation of derelict soils: physical and chemical methods, reconstruction of devastated soils, detoxification, reconstruction of biological activity of soils, regulation of soil moisture.
Type of course
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
After lecture completion student:
- analyses factors of soil degradation
- identifies objects which threatening soils
- characterizes types of soil degradation
- selects methods of preventing of soil degradation
- suggests methods of remediation and reclamation of derelict soils
- has knowledge about legal regulations of soil protection.
Assessment criteria
Final test.
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