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Exceptions to the positive relationship between species diversity and environmental heterogeneity
Srpová, Tereza ; Hořák, David (advisor) ; Divíšek, Jan (referee)
The positive relationship between environmental heterogeneity and species richness has been taken for granted for many years. However, recent studies have revealed possible alternatives to this positive relationship, such as negative or unimodal relationship. There are many possible explanations for these alternative relationships. Increasing spatial heterogeneity of a biotope of a given size inevitably leads to reduction in the effective area available to the organisms inhabiting it. At the same time, increased environmental heterogeneity can lead to fragmentation and isolation of biotope patches, which can have negative consequences for the species richness of the community. Inadequate methodology may be one of the reasons why these alternative relationships have only been discovered in the recent years. Correct information on the relationship between environmental heterogeneity and species richness is essential for decisions on biodiversity conservation. For this reason, it is necessary to discover such alternative relationships in specific ecosystems, which we aim to protect, and to always take them into account, even if they are less common.
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Prefabricated Housing and Sustainability
Orságová, Kristýna ; Kvasnica, Lukáš (referee) ; Pavlovský, Tomáš (advisor)
The bachelor thesis focuses on the panel housing estates in the Czech Republic as a symbol of mass housing, analyzes their impact on the city, and explores the possibilities and challenges associated with their long-term sustainability in today's context. The analytical part examines the historical development of panel housing estates as a whole, the principles, and models of sustainability. In the design part, these elements are interconnected and utilized in a proposal for the revitalization of a specific panel housing estate.
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Around Everything I've Got
Moštěk, Richard ; Chomová, Juliána (referee) ; Vaněk, Vojtěch (advisor)
The central motif of my bachelor's thesis is the expansion of a fictitious universe with the help of displacement the boundary of the perception of the object as an image when entering the space. I'm trying to find an edge the perception of the image as a documentation of fictional stories on canvas, versus an artefact in spite identical use of material and technical process. I am exploring the limits of the canvas stretched on the frame and approaches to "multispectality" through which the work can track. The stylization of the painting is influenced by the aesthetics of the first digital feature films animated films and video games from the 1990s and 2000s. The default connecting point for the individual works are a relationship between a wooden frame, cotton canvas and oil paint. Imaginary point zero. The timeless narrative mirrors the significant features and patterns of human action society, including my inevitably subjective point of view. The aim of the bachelor thesis is to create a set of oil paintings with exaggeration reflecting civilization's reluctance to mature to the long term sustainability. The final output of my project is an installation of paintings/creating objects the scene for the viewer himself – the third person.
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The influence of urban greenery on the quality of the environment
Prokš, Dominik ; Zlámalová Gargošová, Helena (referee) ; Doležalová Weissmannová, Helena (advisor)
This bachelor thesis deals with the topic of the impact of urban green space on the quality of the environment. As the first topic the concept of urbanization appears and closely related to this is what the city as such represents for society. Furthermore, much attention is already paid to urban green spaces and their functions and effects on the urban environment. Public greenery has an impact on air and climate functions, as well as on rainwater management, preventing the spread of noise, trapping dust and, finally, greenery has a positive effect on the psyche of the inhabitants. Furthermore, the maintenance and care of plants and grassland is addressed. In the practical part, is discussed the concept of management and form of public urban greenery in the territory of the Statutory City of Brno, where, among other things, are described the assigned individual managers of urban greenery in the territory of the city and their duties and problems associated with maintenance. The function of the geological and informative system called GIS is also presented, which is an application for the administrators and the public for a clear orientation in the city and its environment. The last chapter is devoted to the measurement of pollutant concentrations in Brno's air.
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Hydrogen and safety in transport
Rusek, Rostislav ; Böhm, Michael (referee) ; Poulíček, Matěj (advisor)
This bachelor thesis identifies the risks associated with the leakage, storage and handling of hydrogen as a promising low-emission fuel of the future. It starts by giving the basic characteristics of hydrogen, or its storage and transport methods. It then analyses existing safety measures, describes hydrogen transport and technological innovations from an economic and environmental perspective. The final section compares hydrogen with alternative fuels, namely compressed natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas. This thesis is based on a search of the relevant literature, summarises current knowledge and highlights the need for further research to ensure a secure future for hydrogen as an alternative fuel in transport vehicles and infrastructure.
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NetZero – carbon neutral living in Brno
Thunová, Nicola Vanesa ; Gebauer, Pavel (referee) ; Sedláček, Michal (advisor)
The diploma thesis deals with the design of an apartment block conceptually designed as a carbon-neutral building in Brno. The selected object is a continuation of the pre-diploma project PURE CITY, in which a set of buildings was designed as part of the urban study, which dealt with the issue of NET ZERO within the urban and social scale. The demarcated area is located in the cadastral area of Starý Lískovec on Jihlavská street near the new Západní Brána (West Gate) stop and not far from the campus of the Bohunice Faculty Hospital. The NET ZERO concept deals with sustainability and the effort to achieve a neutral balance of carbon footprints throughout the building's life cycle. The inner block is designed as a set of 8 housing sectors. The inner space of the park-like courtyard is used for staying and relaxing and is a completely private space for the residents of the block. The building in the corner parts reaches up to 7 above-ground floors, thus responding to the orientation to the cardinal points. In terms of shape, it prescribes a rational rectangular shape from the north side, but on the south side, the facade is slanted, as it was necessary to give way to the ongoing existing communication. The apartments are designed in several categories and mainly aim at the density of the population. The apartments are complemented by spacious balconies, and the apartments on the ground floor have terraces located at the street line, which demarcate public and private space with a double barrier and height difference. The height difference thus also responds to the descending terrain, which reaches a height difference of up to 3.5 m on the southern side. On the ground floors in direct contact with the street line, active parterres with smaller shops or services are designed, or WORK and LIVE housing units, which combine work environments, such as studios, with living space. These spaces are designed over 2 above-ground floors in the style of a loft apartment. The roof plane is designed as flat roofs in several height levels, on which are located private terraces for residential apartments, located on the highest floors, as well as community gardens for residents of the inner block, and a large part is occupied by an extensive green roof supplemented by photovoltaic panels for pumping solar energy.
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The potential of land art for art education in relation to current environmental trends
Vlčková, Eliška ; Fremlová, Vendula (advisor) ; Vartecká, Anna (referee)
The bachelor thesis focuses on the artistic movement land art and its potential in art education. The theoretical part introduces foreign and Czech representatives, their characteristic approach to land art and their position to environmental issues. The thesis further focuses on contemporary artists, active institutions, and selected exhibitions that directly work with environmental issues. In following chapters is covered environmental education, its goals, and the means that can be applied in art education. It includes child development from an environmental perspective, or ways to discuss climate change with children. The practical part defines didactic transformation and includes proposals for didactic transformations of land art activities. The proposals contain a general and adapted plan for the Kladno district.
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Environmental education in the after-school club
Hrabíková, Adéla ; Thorovská, Alena (advisor) ; Zvírotský, Michal (referee)
Title of bachelor's thesis: Environmental Education in School Clubs This bachelor's thesis is focused on school clubs, environmental education and possibilities of introducing the environmental education into extracurricular education of children. The theoretical part describes basic terms of the school clubs and environmental education, their history and offers examples of implementing the environmental education into the school clubs. Further on it summarizes possibilities of realizing the environmental education in school gardens. It emphasizes the importance of forming relationship with nature and the environment. The practical part of the thesis looks at using the school gardens as an irreplaceable attribute to school education. It not only forms positive attitude and knowledge of students but also provides school clubs with an outdoor space for leisure time. It gives examples of suitable and unsuitable plants and other elements for the school gardens. The thesis presents a draft design of a school garden with description of individual parts and plants of garden and its use for primary and secondary school and school clubs. It descibes the place within the garden and its close proximity. Keywords: school club, environmental education, school garden, nature, environment
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Refurbishment and conversion of former factory, Portlaw
Kuběna, Martin ; Mléčka, Jan (referee) ; Zemánková, Helena (advisor)
The goal of the work is to create a place that will combine research, education and popularization in the field of environmental issues and further convey and explain it to the general public in the form of lectures, publications and educational and cultural events. It will deal with laboratory research on contaminants and the composition of contaminated soil, natural succession and steps to prevent soil degradation during production and other processes. The events organized in the area will be aimed not only at tourists and visitors coming to the area via the cycle path or at local residents and their friends, but also at a wider audience in the form of conferences and audits on the topic of contamination and the environment.
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