HUMANA EKOLOGIJA

Human Ecology (semester VI ECTS 3, 3 + 0) After passing this exam, students will be able to: o explain the environmental aspects of the origin and development of man, o known concepts in the field of demography and its links with biology / human ecology, o define the processes of the origin and evolution of cities, urban agglomerations, o understands the processes of growth of the human population, the occurrence and effects of hunger in the world, o understand "push" and "pull" factors of migration of the population, o define and understand the microclimate, acclimatization, define clo as a degree heat insulation, renovation, o explain the structure of urban areas, define municipiality, functionality and zone (zone of residence, zone economy / industrial zone, zone of greenery and recreation, etc.), defines substandard settlements, o define types of housing (semirural, rural, semiurban urban, ultraurban); o define the relevant aspects of housing necessary for healthy living family / social optimum mental health impact of the flat and inadequate conditions that lead to violation physiological functions in the body, o understand the processes of working urban and industrial environment and risk prevention living and working space / and disposition of waste materials, o knows the priceless quality of natural / living solar lighting in the working and living space with the health (neuro-endocrine control, mechanisms immune, cardiovascular regulation, etc.) and psycho-hygienic aspects, o knows the effects of insufficient light or glare, flicker on the sense of sight or human health, understands the importance of a positive selected and focused electric lighting / Photobiological effects on the processes in the body, o to understand stroboscopic effect, o to know about the impact of noise as one of the main causes of damage to health, particularly in densely populated cities, and the fact that its not limited to the sense of hearing, o understand understand noise as a physical agent harmful to health, vibroacustic disease, noise sources of natural, artificial, classifying noise in strength / intensity, o understand the emergence of psycho-social disorders in an urban environment (frustration, stress, depression, etc.), o to know the sources of electromagnetic radiation / negative impact of electromagnetiic "pollution at human health (telecommunications, radio, television broadcasting, mobile, etc.), o understand the negative radiation of electromagnetic fields of electrical installations: power generators, high-voltage lines, transformers, distribution networks in the medical condition of man, primarily as a tissue reaction and secondarily as an integral adaptation to the stress factor, o to understand the negative impact of electromagnetic fields on the environment (disturbance of natural landscapes of the relief of the terrain, landscape, soil contamination with zinc galvanized structure near electrical poles, negative impact on the habitat of plants, animals and humans, o understand the impact of the city to the living world, the vulnerability of plant communities, ruderal phytocoenosis, air pollution on plant life in the cities, meager zoocenosis cities, o undesrstund the principle of the composition of greenery in the city, the benefits of the park vegetation on the environment of the city and the human population in the cities. VIth SEMESTER