548-0033/05 – Human Geography (SEG)
| Gurantor department | Department of Geoinformatics | Credits | 5 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. RNDr. Pavel Švec, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. RNDr. Pavel Švec, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2021/2022 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim of the subject is to give information students about the subject, procedures and methods of socio-economic geography in different disciplines. The goal it to understand and be able to explain and practical applied selected procedures.
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Summary
The course includes a basic overview of all basic discipline in Human geography. The main part this course consists of population geography, urban geography, transport geography, economic geography, political and cultural geography. Emphasis is put on links between physiographic sphere and human socioeconomic activities of mankind. The course introduces the principles of regionalization and expression of geographic features according to the principles of thematic cartography.
Compulsory literature:
FLOWERDEW, R., MARTIN, D., et al. (2005): Methods in Human Geography: A Guide for Students Doing a Research Project. Prentice Hall. 392 p.
GREGORY, D., et al. (2009): The Dictionary of Human Geography. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1072 p.
RODRIGUE, J. P. (2020): The Geography of Transport Systems. 5th ed., New York: Routledge. 468 p.
SIEGEL J.S., SWANSON, D.A. eds. (2008): The Methods and Material of Demography, Academic Press; 2 edition. 819 p.
Recommended literature:
HUNTINGTON, S. P., (2011): The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order. Simon & Schuster. 368 p.
FELLMANN, J. D. (2013): Human geography: landscapes of human activities. 12th ed., McGraw-Hill international ed. New York: McGraw-Hill
ROGERSON, P. (2020): Statistical methods for geography: a student's guide. 5th ed., Los Angeles: Sage
SEDLACEK, T. (2013): Economics of Good and Evil. Oxford University Press. 384 p.
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Students are asked about knowledge from areas that they should have already known from previous lessons. They also work on individual tasks. The exam is oral.
E-learning
Other requirements
No additional requirements are imposed on the student.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction to Human Geography
2. Urban Geography
4. Population Geography I.
5. Population Geography II.
6. Population Geography III.
7. Population Geography IV.
8. Economic Geography
9. Transport Geography
10. Transport Geography
11. Political and Cultural Geography I.
12. Political and Cultural Geography II.
13. Using GIS in Human Geography
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