MKR_RPMV Countryside Development

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2020

The course is not taught in Spring 2020

Extent and Intensity
26/0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Josef Kunc, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Tonev, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Tonev, Ph.D.
Department of Regional Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Ing. Iveta Suchomelová Vašíčková
Supplier department: Department of Regional Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Prerequisites
No special prerequisities are assigned for the subject.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 64 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/64, only registered: 0/64, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/64
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The objective of this subject is to gain the basic facts about distribution, development, changes and regional differentiation of vital socioeconomic phenomena and processes in the Czech Republic. Emphasis is placed on the population, settlement system, labor market and unemployment, production and non-production sphere (industry, agriculture, transport, retail, tourism, etc.). Comparison of the Czech Republic with other European countries.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to: - analyse basic socioeconomic processes and phenomena in connection with the Czech Republic, - compare their inner and external (within other European countries) differentiation, - apply theoretical assumptions in concrete space, - use and apply socioeconomic data, - calculate selected thematic exercises, - formulate relations, interactions and synthetic results.
Syllabus
  • P 1 Basic geographical characteristics of the Czech Republic. Geopolitical location. Transport location.
  • P 2 Trends of territorial and administrative organization of the area of contemporary Czech Republic.
  • P 3,4 Population. Regional differentiation of demographic conditions. Population structure and population dynamics (education, qualification structure, spatial mobility, migration processes].
  • P 5 Settlement system. Long-term trends in settlement process. Consequences of geopolitical changes.
  • P 6,7 Labor market and unemployment. Development and trends, causes of growth and decline in unemployment, current situation.
  • P 7 Economic scope I. Agricultural process, contemporary regional problems. Internal and external factors and their effect on capacity and structure. (privatization, entering the EU), consequences of agricultural production intensity and structure changes and land resources utilization.
  • P 8 Economic scope II. Industry. Specific characteristics of aggregate and regional industry. Producing and structural specifics, underdeveloped and perspective regions, developing and declining branches.
  • P 10,11 Non-production sphere. Long-term trends of regional differentiation in services, contemporary regional changes and regional spcifics. Retail tranformation.
  • P 12 Regional aspects of tourism trends. Tourism as a support chance of economically weak and underdeveloped regions.
  • P 13 Environment quality nad technical infrastructure. Land utilization. Development barriers.
Literature
  • Populační vývoj České republiky 1990-2002. Edited by Zdeněk Pavlík - Milan Kučera. 1. vyd. Praha: Demoart, 2002, 98 s. ISBN 80-902686-8-4. info
  • TOUŠEK, Václav, Irena SMOLOVÁ, Miloš FŇUKAL, Martin JUREK and Pavel KLAPKA. Česká republika: portréty krajů (Czech Republic - Portraits of Regions). Praha: Ministerstvo pro místní rozvoj ČR, 2005, 136 pp. ISBN 8023963058. info
  • Hampl, Martin. Regionální vývoj : specifika české transformace, evropská integrace a obecná teorie. Praha : Univerzita Karlova, 2001. 328 s. : m. ISBN 80-902686-6-8.
  • SZCZYRBA, Zdeněk. Maloobchod v ČR po roce 1989 : vývoj a trendy se zaměřením na geografickou organizaci. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2005, 126 s. ISBN 8024412748. info
  • Populační vývoj České republiky 2001 - 2006. 1 vyd. Praha: Demoart, 2007, 114 s. ISBN 978-80-86561-77-6. info
  • SRHOLEC, Martin. Přímé zahraniční investice v České republice : teorie a praxe v mezinárodním srovnání. Praha: Linde, 2004. ISBN 80-86131-52-1. info
Teaching methods
The subject is taught in the form of thematic blocks. Lectures put emphasis on theoretical explanations of basic socioeconomical processes being in motion in the Czech Republic. Next basic terminology definition and explanation. For better interconnection of theory and applications being given appropriate case studies. Reading of the obligatory literature is expected.
Assessment methods
Form of examination: written test. Successful satisfaction requirements is 60 % points. Number of questions will be moved between 15-20. Questions will be open-ended and close as well. Seminar work on given topic. Successful mastering of the seminar paper is a prerequisite for passing the exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Note related to how often the course is taught: 12 hodin.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: tutorial 12 hodin.
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