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BKR_REGE Regional Geography of Europe

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2010

Extent and Intensity

0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Petr Tonev (lecturer)

Supervisor

doc. RNDr. Milan Viturka, CSc.
Department of Regional Economics and Administration - Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Ing. Iveta Suchomelová Vašíčková

Timetable

Sat 27. 2. 15:30–17:55 P7, Sat 10. 4. 9:20–11:50 P7

Prerequisites (v češtině)

(! KRRGEC Regional Geo. of Europe and CR ) || (! BKR_RGEC Regional Geo. of Europe ) || (! BTR_RGEC Regional Geo. of Europe )

Course Enrollment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

• Regional Development and Administration (programme ESF, B-HPS, specialization Reg. Develop. & Admin.)
• Regional Development and Administration (programme ESF, B-HPS, specialization Reg. Develop. & Admin._T)

Course objectives

The course introduces students to the problems of European regions and indirectly presents the methods used in the regional research. Students will be introduced to new facts about location, development and spatial differentiation of decisive economic and social phenomena and processes in Europe. Main stress will be placed on the following topic areas: geographic and geopolitical location, demographic and social phenomena and processes, structure of settlement and its development, economic sphere and its dynamic and structural aspects, transport and infrastructure, living environment, regionalisation of Europe.

Syllabus

• 1. Course introduction, object of study, basic terminology .
• 2. Selected geographical characteristics and regionalisation of Europe.
• 3. The Czech Republic.
• 4-5. Central Europe and the Baltic States.
• 6. Northern Europe.
• 7. British Isles.
• 8-9. Western Continental Europe.
• 10. Western and central Mediterranean region.
• 11. Southeastern Europe.
• 12. Eastern Europe.

Literature

• VITURKA, Milan, Stanislav ŘEHÁK and Michal VANČURA. Regionální geografie Evropy a ČR (Regional geography of the Europe and C.R.). 2. vydání. Brno: MU - ESF, 2004. 126 pp. ISBN 80-210-3504-8. info
• ANDĚL, Jiří and Roman MAREŠ. "Starý svět" Evropa :encyklopedický přehled zemí. 2. vyd. Olomouc: Nakladatelství Olomouc, 2001. 292 s., [3. ISBN 80-7182-115-2. info

Assessment methods

Lectures, seminars, papers. Form of examination: written test.

Further comments (probably available only v češtině)

Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
General note: nezapisují si studenti, kteří absolvovali předmět BKR_RGEC.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014.

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