Ze2RC_NSK3 Gepgraphy of the Non-production Sphere

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Daniel Borecký, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. PaedDr. Eduard Hofmann, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Ing. Libor Lněnička, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Daniel Borecký, CSc.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the subject - to acquaint with general methodological approaches of social geography (system and synergetic aproaches), to gain basical knowledge about the geographical problems of transportation, tourism and trade and services.
Syllabus
  • 1. The general methods used in social geography
  • The system approach in geography, the cohesion and comlexity of natural, economic and social components of geography
  • Synergetics and the comprehension of the actual social and economic development of the Worl
  • The theory of regionalization, types of socioeconomic regions
  • 2. The geography of transportation and communications as an antonomous science branch
  • The determination, evolution and actual signification of the branch; the factors of the localization of transportation
  • The basical notions, characteristics and classifications of transporation
  • The examples of the ivestigation in the geography of transporation and communication (the optimalůization of transport net, prognosis, traffic volume and transfer of persons, loads and informations)
  • The geographical characterization of particular kinds of transporation, their compound, signification, main world traces and nodes
  • The evolution of the systems of communication on the Earth, the signifiaction and perspectives of development of this branch of information revolution, the structural possibilities of spreading of knowledge, informations and inovations
  • 3. The geography of recreation and travel movement as an antonomous science branch
  • The determination of the branch, the priciples of uprising of recreation and travel movement, basical notions and characteristics
  • The natural and social conditions for recreation and travel movement, main world regions of recreation and travel movement
  • The geographical research of recreation and travel movement
  • 4. The geography of trade and services as an antonomous science branch
  • The theory of markit cenres
  • The international target, main targit flows and regions of the World
Literature
  • DEMEK, Jaromír. Teoretická geografie : principy a problémy. Brno: Geografický ústav ČSAV, 1974, 77 s. info
  • CHALUPA, Petr and Koloman IVANIČKA. Geografie. V, Synergetický přístup k některým geografickým problémům České a Slovenské republiky (Variant.) : Synergetický přístup k některým geografickým problémům České a Slovenské republiky. info
  • Základy teórie a metodologie socioekonomickej geografie. Edited by Koloman Ivanička. 2. vyd. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, 1987, 432 s. info
  • SKOKAN, Ladislav. Úvod do teorie geografie. Vyd. 1. Ústí nad Labem: Pedagogická fakulta UJEP, 1998, 147 s. ISBN 80-7044-174-7. info
  • HRALA, Václav. Geografie světového hospodářství : vybrané kapitoly. 4. vyd. Praha: Oeconomica, 2005, 194 s. ISBN 8024508575. info
  • SKOKAN, Ladislav. Geografie světového hospodářství :odvětvový přehled. Vyd. 1. Ústí nad Labem: Pedagogická fakulta UJEP, 1995, 117 s. ISBN 80-7044-113-5. info
  • HRALA, Václav. Geografie cestovního ruchu. Vyd. 3. Praha: Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2005, 109 s. ISBN 8024508583. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
The course of lectures, culminating in a written examination (basic concepts and typology), together with an oral examination (interpretation of the issue)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin konzultací.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020.
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