Z7894 Geoinformation Technologies for Social Geography

Faculty of Science
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Lukáš Herman, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Petr Kubíček, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Petr Kubíček, CSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Petr Kubíček, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites
MSc student of Social geography and regional development or Applied geography.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The scope of the subject is to support the project based education connecting the geospatial technology and social geography. Students will learn how to analyse and visualise selected problems of social geography (location - allocation tasks, geomarketing, crime analysis and prediction), apply GIS methodologies and tools, and develop a GIS project.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to understand the area of GIS use in social geography and apply the GIS technology for analysis and presentation of selected problems.
Syllabus
  • 1. Geospatial technology in social geography - history, terminology, basic geospatial methods;
  • 2. Selected data sources and formats and their us (spatial data infrastructures, geocoding sources);
  • 3. Geospatial technologies and methods for social geography ( spatial analysis and spatial queries, network analysis, thematic mapping and visualisation of multidimensional data, decision support systems);
  • 4. Location - allocation problems;
  • 5. Geomarketing;
  • 6. Crime analysis and prediction;
  • 7. Geospatial technology in emergency management;
  • 8. Spatio-temporal data visualisation.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Environmental criminology and crime analysis. Edited by Richard Wortley - Lorraine Green Mazerolle. 1st pub. Cullompton: Willan publishing, 2008, xxi, 294. ISBN 9781843922810. info
    not specified
  • PARKER, Robert Nash and Emily K. ASENCIO. GIS and spatial analysis for the social sciences : coding, mapping and modeling. New York, NY: Routledge, 2008, xx, 246. ISBN 9780415989626. info
  • GIS-based studies in the humanities and social sciences. Edited by Atsuyuki Okabe. Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis, 2006, 328 s. ISBN 084932713X. info
Teaching methods
lecture and group project
Assessment methods
group project, and oral exam or written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011 - acreditation, autumn 2017, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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