Z0067 Landscape ecology and environmental geography

Faculty of Science
Autumn 1999
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Vladimír Herber, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Alois Hynek, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Stanislav Řehák, CSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Vladimír Herber, CSc.
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
Syllabus
  • Landscape sphere/ecosphere of the Earth. Physical landscape processes. Landscape globions and semiglobions. World's unique physical landscapes. Human landscape/ cultural landscape. Historical cultural landscapes. Land cover and land use, human activities shaping the face of the Earth. Human environment and landscape ecosystems.
  • Landscape ecosystems. Biogeochemical cycles. Methods, procedures and techniques of landscape ecosystems study. Landscape ecosystems as natural resources. Human interventions into landscape ecosystems.
  • Oceans and seas. Water masses. Air-ocean interactions, oceanic life and ecosystems. The landscapes. Fishery and mariculture, power from the sea, mineral deposits, pollution, diseases and disturbances, changing sea level, frozen seas. Managing and protecting the oceans.
  • Terrestrial generic landscape ecosystems.Ideal continent - physical landscape zones and mountain tiers, planetary model of landscape zonality. Latitude zonality, concentricity, sectors. The classification of landscape ecosystems. Physical landscape zones. Cultural landscapes.
  • Landscape spatial structuration. Landscape texture (grain) and spatial structuration (mosaics). Physical vertical/horizontal forces as vectors. Temporal changes, regimes, cycles/circulations, rhythms. Landscape patches, corridors and networks. Matrix structure. Mosaic and flows.
  • Environmental issues as social construction. Urban environment, public spaces. International context.
  • Sustainable development.
  • Environmental legislation. Environmental audit process. SEA, EIA, SWOT analysis.
  • Environmental ethics, economy and sociology.
  • Environmental education. International Chart of Geographical Education. Environmental/ecological themes in geographical education. Mass m
Literature
  • MILLER, George Tyler. Living in the environment :principles, connections, and solutions. 10th ed. Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1997, xxiii, 761. ISBN 0-534-51912-1. info
  • DEMEK, Jaromír, Evžen QUITT and Jaroslav RAUŠER. Úvod do obecné fyzické geografie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1976, 400 s. info
  • DUVIGNEAUD, Paul. Ekologická syntéza. Translated by Václav Mezřický. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1988, 414 s. info
  • FORMAN, Richard T. T. and Michel GODRON. Krajinná ekologie. Translated by Jan Těšitel. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1993, 583 s. ISBN 8020004645. info
  • KELLER, Jan. Nedomyšlená společnost. Vyd. 3. Brno: Doplněk, 1998, 125 s. ISBN 80-85765-97-7. info
  • KELLER, Jan. Až na dno blahobytu : (ke společenským kořenům ekologické krize). Edited by Jakub Patočka, Illustrated by Vladimír Jiránek. 1. vyd. Brno: Hnutí Duha, 1993, 127 s. info
  • LIBROVÁ, Hana. Pestří a zelení :(kapitoly o dobrovolné skromnosti). Vyd. 1. Brno: Veronica, 1994, 218 s. ISBN 80-85368-18-8. info
  • GORE, Al. Země na misce vah. Edited by Jan Jařab - Josef Vavroušek - František Benda. 1. vyd. Praha: Argo, 1994, 372 s. ISBN 8085794217. info
  • LOVELOCK, James. Gaia :nový pohled na život na Zemi. Translated by Jan Edlman. 1. vyd. Prešov: Abies, 1993, 175 s. ISBN 80-88699-03-7. info
  • MÍCHAL, Igor. Ekologická stabilita. 2. rozš. vyd. Brno: Veronica, 1994, 275 s. ISBN 80-85368-22-6. info
  • LOVELOCK, James. Gaia : živoucí planeta. Translated by Anton Markoš. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1994, 221 s. ISBN 8020404368. info
  • Naše společná budoucnost :světová komise pro životní prostředí a rozvoj. Translated by Pavel Korčák. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1991, 297 s. ISBN 80-85368-07-2. info
  • Atlas of the evnironment and health of the population of the ČSFR. Edited by Milan Viturka. Brno: Geografický ústav ČSAV, 1992, 1 atlas. info
  • FORMAN, Richard T. T. Land mosaics : the ecology of landscapes and regions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995, 632 s. ISBN 0521479800. info
  • GROSS, Meredith Grant and Elizabeth GROSS. Oceanography :a view of earth. 7th ed. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1996, xxiii, 472. ISBN 0-13-231788-5. info
  • NAVEH, Zeev and Arthur S. LIEBERMAN. Landscape ecology : theory and application. 2nd ed. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1994, 360 s. ISBN 0387940596. info
  • Chorley, R. J. - Hagget P. Models in geography.London, Methuen&Co. Ltd., 1977. 816 s.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Možno zapsat po získání minim. 15 kreditů z geografie.
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