Z7041 Transport Systems

Faculty of Science
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Daniel Seidenglanz, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Kateřina Nedvědová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Daniel Seidenglanz, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Wed 16:00–16:50 Z3,02045
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
Z7041/01: Thu 16:00–16:50 Z3,02045, K. Nedvědová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PROGRAM ( N - GK )
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course introduces more sophisticated and complex topics from the field of Transport geography. Seminars focused on acquiring practical analytic methods are an integral part of the course.
Syllabus
  • 1. Transportation and city / urban regions.
  • 2. Transportation and monocentricity / polycentricity of settlement system.
  • 3. Analysis of transportation potential for monocentricity / polycentricity of settlement system in the Czech Republic.
  • 4. Geography of air transportation.
Literature
  • Transport : critical essays in human geography. Edited by Susan Hanson - Mei-po Kwan. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2008, xxv, 525. ISBN 9780754627036. info
  • Transport geographies : mobilities, flows, and spaces. Edited by R. D. Knowles - Jon Shaw - Iain Docherty. Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub., 2008, xxi, 293. ISBN 9781405153232. URL info
  • The geography of urban transportation. Edited by Susan Hanson - Genevieve Giuliano. 3rd ed. New York, N.Y.: The Guilford Press, 2004, xii, 419. ISBN 1593850557. info
  • Modern transport geography. Edited by B. S. Hoyle - R. D. Knowles. 2nd, rev. ed. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1998, viii, 374. ISBN 0471977772. info
Teaching methods
Teaching methods - lectures, class discussion, homework.
Assessment methods
Check-up of elaborated papers. Written exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2004, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2016, spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2014, recent)
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