Ze0020 Geography of Population and Settlements

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ing. Libor Lněnička, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ing. Libor Lněnička, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Wed 11:10–12:50 učebna 5
Prerequisites
A prerequisite for visiting of course is knowledge of concepts of demography and social geography.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The Aim of Course: On the basis of the general recognition of geography of population and settlement at the Earth, its factography and its methods - to gain 1) the ability of aimed acquiring of new concrete knowledge of the dealing theme and 2) the ability of synthesis of the said knowledge within the complex framework of developmental relationship of partial geographical spheres - with emphasis on the problem of didactics transformation. At the end of course students should be albe to use informations in regional geography, interpret of basic informations in structure of people.
Syllabus
  • The Fundamental Themes of Course:
  • 1. Geography of population and settlements as scientific discipline - methods of research, literature.
  • 2. Geograpgical aspects of the rise, the forming and the spreading of mankind and human races
  • 3. Demographic revolution,demographic regionalization, urbanization.
  • 4. Global problems of the population, man as a creator and consumer of material goods.
  • 5. Characteristics of population (quantitative, structural and dynamical).
  • 6. Population dynamics, population processes
  • 7. Geographical aspects of the rise, the forming and the spreading of habitation.
  • 8. Demographic characteristics of the Czech Republic
  • 9. Human resources of the Czech Republic.
  • 10. Geography of settlements - methods of research, literature.
  • 11. Geography of cities - historical development, tips of cities.
  • 12. Urban population, development of cities, the definition and conceptual definition of the city, features and facilities of cities.
  • 13. Rural settlement, the definition of rural settlements, rural settlements physiognomy, genetic, morphological and functional classification.
Literature
    required literature
  • KUNC, Josef, Václav TOUŠEK, Jiří VYSTOUPIL, Petr DANĚK, Pavel KLAPKA, Ondřej MULÍČEK, Daniel SEIDENGLANZ, Zdeněk SZCZYRBA, Michal VANČURA, Antonín VĚŽNÍK, Milan VITURKA and Petr TONEV. Ekonomická a sociální geografie (Economic and social geography). 1. vydání. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, s.r.o. 411 pp. učebnice vysokých škol. ISBN 978-80-7380-114-4. 2008. info
  • ŠOTKOVSKÝ, Ivan. Úvod do studia demografie. 1. vyd. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava. 158 s. ISBN 80-7078-327-3. 1996. info
  • CHALUPA, Petr and Zdeňka TARABOVÁ. Vybrané kapitoly z demografie : (Pro semináře a cvičení). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita. 61 s., tab. ISBN 80-210-0343-X. 1991. info
    recommended literature
  • SHORT, John Rennie. Human settlement (Orig.) : Lidská sídla. info
  • BAŠOVSKÝ, Oliver and Jozef MLÁDEK. Geografia obyvatel'stva a sídiel. 2. nezm. vyd. Bratislava: Universita Komenského. 221 s. ISBN 80-223-0026-8. 1989. info
    not specified
  • KAŠPAROVÁ, Ludmila and Milan PŮČEK. Kohezní politika: osídlení v České republice : partnerství měst a venkova. Vyd. 1. Brno: Ústav územního rozvoje. 91 s. ISBN 9788090392878. 2009. info
Teaching methods
The course is going trought the lectures (2 hours every week) from basic demographical and settlement terminology.
Assessment methods
The course is teaching 2 hours per week. Examination - oral from literature and lectures. Oral examination: 1. Geodemographic characteristic of world region (50 %) 2. Characteristic of settlements in the region of Czech republic (50 %).
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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