PAPVB_29 Basic principles of socio-economic geography and development tendencies of territorial development

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jan Ilík (lecturer), Mgr. Inna Mateiciucová, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Měřínský, CSc.
Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Valášková
Supplier department: Department of Archaeology and Museology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Thursday 17:30–20:45 U32, each odd Friday 9:10–12:25 C42
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
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Course objectives
The course deals with the topic of geographical organization of society, including a development of this organization. The main goal is to give an integrated insight of geographical structure and its changes and society´s development within these structures. An attention is aimed to a natural dependency in a development (e.g. agricultural dependency on climate changes) and to economic and cultural frameworks which steadily influence spatial concentration of population and its economic activities (responsible for global hierarchy formation). Development frameworks are introduced on general level as well as within specific contexts of different regions using comparisons and examples from Europe and Middle East. Political conflicts and its impact on spatially-societal strictures is also a content of the course. The course gives a possibility to spread into regional disparities and to understand its wider socio-economical context for those who will need a better orientation during their stay abroad within their archaeological praxis.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction – geographical insight 2. Geographical organization of society – main principles and conceptions, development of spatial concentration (population and economy) 3. Regularities-irregularities – socio-geographical differences of scale, development processes and their dependencies (natural and socio-economical) 4. Development conceptualization, unbalanced development, development interventions, selected types of "big" development interventions, development of thinking and theoretical concepts to development 5. Modernization, growth models and their current reflexion 6. Development aid, power-politic conflicts and their impact on spatial structures 7. Structural transformation; countryside, urban areas and their interactions 8. Final student presentation
Literature
  • • Kuran, T. (2012): The long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East, Princeston Univerzity Press
  • • Tomeš, J., Festa, D., Novotný, J. a kol. (2007): Konflikt světů a svět konfliktů. Nakladatelství P3K, Praha
  • • Pieterse, J.N. (2010): Development Theory, Second Edition, Sage, London
  • • Potter, R., Binns, T., Elliott, J., Smith, D. W. (2008): Geographies of Development: An Introduction to Development Studies
  • • Novotný, J. (2004): Regional inequalities in Europe and around the world: an empirical study across geographical scales. Ciok, S., Ilnicki, D. (eds.) Regionalny wymiar integracji europejskiej: Przekstalcenia regionalnych struktur funkcjonalno-przestrze
  • • Sumner, A., Tribe, M. (2008): International Development Studies: Theories and Methods in Research and Practice, Sage, London
  • • De Long, J.B., Schleifer A. (1993): Princes and Merchants: European city growth before the Industrial Revolution, Journal of Law and Economics
  • • Kabrda, J., Jančák, V. (2007): Vliv vybraných politických a institucionálních faktorů na české zemědělství a krajinu, Geografie – Sborník ČGS, 112, č. 1
  • • Robinson, G. (2004): Geographies of Agriculture. Globalisation, Restructuring and Sustainability, Pearson Education, Harlow
  • HAMPL, Martin, Václav GARDAVSKÝ and Karel KÜHNL. Regionální struktura a vývoj systému osídlení ČSR. Vyd. 1. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1987, 255 s. URL info
Teaching methods
PowerPoint presentations
Assessment methods
thesis, presentation of an scientific article
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
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