Air pollution – definition, present state and what are prediction of air pollution in the near future. Databases of air pollution in countries, cities and in the global scale. Landscape as a part of natural and anthropogenic environment. Changes the landscape in the past and present state. Prediction of landscape changes near urban areas and rural areas. Influence of human pressure on landscape changes. Evaluation of air pollution in the certain areas, modelling of spreading air pollution from the sources and prediction of future trends. Relation between land structure and air pollution. Modelling of effect of air pollution on crops and forests. Landscape quality analyses based on landscape metrics. Modelling of landscape changes based on available data on present structure and other parameters. Main groups of threats to biodiversity at the global level and in Poland. The manifestations and scale of the recession of biodiversity in the world, in Europe and in Poland. Essential initiatives, strategies and international and national legal regulations aimed at stopping natural losses. Biological invasions.
KNOWLEDGE
-GEO_W8 - environmental, social and technical conditions influencing the urban structure
-GEO_W11 - natural, physical and chemical processes occurring in the environment
SKILLS
-GEO_U3 - analyze spatial data (also using GIS tools) for spatial planning, water management, flood protection and environmental protection; perform simple geodetic measurements and use complex geodetic documentation
-GEO_U4 - formulate environmental and engineering problems and plan methods for solving them in the field of spatial management, environmental engineering and water management
SOCIAL SKILLS
-GEO_K3 - effectively work individually and in a team, assuming different roles in it
-GEO_K5 - think and act creatively and enterprising