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Analysis of landcover changes in the area of Sokolovsko using GIS and remote sensing
Šubr, Ondřej ; Matějíček, Luboš (advisor) ; Rojík, Petr (referee)
Region called "Sokolovsko" is an area in the Czech Republic in which a coal mining has caused a great interference with the appearance of the landscape. With a subsequent reclamation, the affected areas are recreated into new landscapes, however on the research base, the non-interference approach is applied in order to follow the principles of a natural succession. This diploma thesis examines the influence of the origin, respectively the relief of the dump area on the intensity of the spontaneous vegetation growth, within the example of the Velká podkrušnohorská spoil heap, based on the data collected by remote sensing techniques. The vegetation indices NDVI and SAVI were used to reveal the intensity of the vegetation cover on the area of the interest. It is clear from the results that the vegetation growth is considerably faster in the areas with the original, wavy relief. It was also found that the vegetation growth of the non reclaimed area of Velká podkrušnohorská spoil heap in the parts of which the relief was settled at the time of the origin differs from the non reclaimed area of which the relief was left in the original wavy surface and later over layered with a new material. Finally it was made a comparison between the non reclaimed part of the Velká podkrušnohorská spoil heap whose...
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Utilization of biofuels in transport
Šubr, Ondřej ; Matějíček, Luboš (advisor) ; Benešová, Libuše (referee)
This bachelor's work is dealing with the various aspects of utilization of liquid biofuels in the road transport. These aspects are physicochemical, technical, economic, social and environmental. In the first part of the work, there are definitions of bioethanol and biodiesel at the beginning, which are the most frequently used in the category of liquid biofuels. Properties of both biofuels and production processes are also included. Combustion of biofuels has a significant impact on human health, among others. So, the chapter dealing with the emissions from combustion of bioethanol or biodiesel and health effects of these emissions is following. The second part of the work aims to map a current situation in the field of biofuels in selected countries. These countries are the United States of America, Federative Republic of Brazil and People's Republic of China. Analysis of each country is divided into several topics - production of bioethanol/biodiesel, government programs to support the development of biofuels and possible future perspectives of developments in the fields of biofuels. The third and last part deals with numerous side effects of production and utilization of liquid biofuels. These effects are divided into the two main categories, environmental effects and social effects. The side...
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