118-0411/04 – Geography of Europe (GeoEv)
| Gurantor department | Department of Regional and Environmental Economics | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | RNDr. Ivan Šotkovský, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | RNDr. Ivan Šotkovský, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | 2020/2021 |
| Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The main target of the subject of “Geography of Europe” is to give the basic knowledges about geographical background of the world and especially of the Europe and their countries and macro regions. The very much dramatic affairs are running on this continent for the last several decades. The students obtained much information about political, natural, social and economic potential of the Europe and their macro regions
Teaching methods
Summary
Cílem předmětu je poskytnutí základních znalostí o geografickém pozadí světa a
zejména prohloubení okruhu znalostí o socioekonomické váze evropského
kontinentu, jeho jednotlivých států a vybraných regionů. Na politické mapě
Evropy došlo za posledních deset let k výrazným proměnám, které dotvářejí
dramatické události 20. století na tomto kontinentu. Vliv Evropy na okolní
svět především v podmínkách globalizačních a integračních tendencí zůstává v
mnoha směrech závažný. Stejně tak mimořádnou roli sehrávají aktivity v
oblasti budování bezpečnostní architektury Evropy.
Compulsory literature:
1. Bičík,I.: Brinke,J.-Netopil R.: Geografie Evropy. SPN, Praha 1989, 323 s.
2. Šotkovský, I.: Socioekonomická geografie v obecném přehledu. Ostrava, VŠB
Technická univerzita Ostrava 1999, 196 s.
3. Šotkovský, I.: Hospodářská geografie. Ostrava, VŠB Technická univerzita
Ostrava 2002, 248 s.
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Active participation in lectures, credit test.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Basic knowledge of geographical science. Geographical approaches and spatial arrangement.
2. State-forming process and geopolitical situation of Europe.
3. Europe as an economically powerful complex interconnected space. General characteristics of the European continent.
4. Natural characteristics of the European continent.
5. Evaluation of European social development.
6. Economic environment and level of European development.
7. Macro-regions of European states with developed market economy.
8. Macro-regions of Eastern and Central Europe.
9. The Czech Republic and the European Economic Area.
10. Position and development possibilities of the European continent.
11. Differences in the level of maturity of European countries, availability of geospatial data.
12. Cooperation of European states on security and economic development issues.
13. Problems of contemporary Europe from the point of view of state-forming process.
14. Perspectives of the development of the European continent.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
Předmět neobsahuje žádné hodnocení.