PdF:ZeC015 Landscape Science - Course Information

ZeC015 Landscape Science

Extent and Intensity

0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Peter Mackovčin, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PaedDr. Eduard Hofmann, CSc.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education

Timetable

Fri 25. 2. 13:00–16:50 učebna 5a, Fri 18. 3. 9:00–12:50 učebna 5a

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge about the natural landscape components - atmosphere, waters, land forms, geological structure, soils and biota.

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

• Geography Teacher Education for Lower Secondary Schools (programme PdF, C-CV)

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to explain the time/space integration and relationships of components and elements of the natural landscape and the territorial structure and functioning of natural and present landscapes. Another learning outcome of the course unit is to teach students to construct basic landscape models: landscape profile and landscape map.

Learning outcomes

Students should be able to understand and explain the time/space integration and relationships of components and elements of the natural landscape. and the territorial structure and functioning of natural and present landscapes. Students understand the content of landscape strutures (natural, economic, human and spiritual), their differences and interrelationships. They can identify the processes that sustain their existence. The knowledge can be used in practical life for the right decision-making in the territory.

Syllabus

• Introduction
• 1. Lanscape science, geoecology and landscape ecology
• 2. Basic properties of landscape systems (geosystems)
• 3. Landscape - the term and features
• 4. Static features of landscapes
• 5. Dynamic features of landscapes
• 6. Landscape models, maps and crossections
• 7. Human impacts on landscapes
• 8. Construction of basic landscape models: landscape crosssection and landscape map

Literature

required literature
• KOLEJKA, Jaromír. Nauka o krajině pro studující geografie magisterských učitelských oborů (The landscape science for geography students of master training programmes for future reachers). 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 129 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6659-5. info

recommended literature
• KOLEJKA, Jaromír. Nauka o krajině. Geografický pohled a východiska (Landscape Science. A geographic Perspective). 1st ed. Praha: Nakladatelství Academia. Středisko společných činností AV ČR, v.v.i., 2013, 440 pp. Živá příroda. ISBN 978-80-200-2201-1. info
• SÁDLO, Jiří, Petr POKORNÝ, Pavel HÁJEK, Dagmar DRESLEROVÁ and Václav CÍLEK. Krajina a revoluce : významné přelomy ve vývoji kulturní krajiny českých zemí. Vyd. 1. Praha: Malá Skála, 2005, 247 stran. ISBN 8086776026. info
• LIPSKÝ, Zdeněk. Krajinná ekologie : pro studenty geografických oborů. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 129 s. ISBN 8071845450. info
• FORMAN, Richard T. T. and Michel GODRON. Krajinná ekologie. Translated by Jan Těšitel. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1993, 583 s. ISBN 8020004645. info

not specified
• ČECH, Vladimír and Ján DRDOŠ. Geoekológia a environmentalistika. Vydanie prvé. Prešov: Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, 2009, 181 stran. ISBN 9788080689810. info

Teaching methods

lectures, seminary, individual work

Assessment methods

For completing this course successfully, it is necessary to pass a writen test, min 10,5 points (ten questions, á 2 points). An acceptance of correct landscape cross section and landscape is the condition as well.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hod.

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