HEN404 Fundamentals of Geography

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2002
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jaromír Demek, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Eva Danielová
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:40 J.301
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Introduction into modern geography
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction 1.1 Modern Geography 2. Conbception of the Planet Earth as a space ship 2.1 Basic information about the Earth, the Planet as a global system 2.2 Main enviromental contrasts on the Earth 2.3 Main materialenergetical and informatonal fluxes on the Earth 2.4 Levels of spatial differentiation on the Earth, main ecological zones 2.5 Cultural differentiation of the Earth, statial variations in culture,main cultrural regions, 3. Riscs and uncertainties 3.1 Long term environmental changes 3.2 Sudden and short-term environmental changes 3.3 Gradualism versus(?)catastrophism 4. Perception and monitoring 4.1 Types of perception, reactions of mankind on space 4.2 Remote sensing of the Earth - source of new information and monitoring 5. The role of mankind in changes of the Earth 5.1 Types of reconstruction of of Man influcences on environment 5.2 Low intensity changes, deforestation, archeophyta - neophyta = new ecosystems 5.2 Medium intensity changes, agriculture, 5.3 High intensity changes, urbanized areas, city floods, urbam climate, urban ecosystems 5.4 Levels of environmental changes, global, regional, chorical, topical 6. Sources and population 6.1 Dynamics of population grow, World Conference in Cairo, Mathus and his theory 6.2 Spatial diferentiation of population on the Earth 7. Planetary sources and its distribution 7.1 Types of natural sources, renewwable and nonrenewable sources 7.2 Location of sources 8. Regions 8.1 Thünens isolated state 8.2 Cores nad peripheries, agricultural cores, urbanized cores 8.3 Christallers theory of spatial diferentiation 8.4 Nets and fluxes 8.5 Spatial diffusion 8.6 Boundaries, importance of boundaries, states and its boundaries 8.7 Spatial differentiation, rich North and poor South, 8.8. Perspectives and prediction
Literature
  • White - Mottershead - Harrison, 1992,Environmental Systems, Chapman and Hall,London, ISBN 0-412-47140-X
  • DE BLIJ, Harm Jan and Peter O. MULLER. Physical geography of the global environment. 2nd ed. New York: John Willey and Sons, 1996, xviii, 599. ISBN 0471039179. info
  • DEMEK, Jaromír. Úvod do štúdia teoretickej geografie. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, 1987, 241 s. info
  • DEMEK, Jaromír, Evžen QUITT and Jaroslav RAUŠER. Úvod do obecné fyzické geografie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1976, 400 s. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
přednáška písemná zkouška (test)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Kurz se otevírá při 5 a více přihlášených studentech.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2003, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012.
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