HEN437 Management of Rural Space

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Radim Lokoč (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ivona Tolarová
Timetable
Tue 10:00–11:40 U32
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Součástí výuky je i tématika základů zemědělské produkce (základní pojmy pedologie, výživy rostlin, ad.). Studentům, kteří absolvovali předchozí zemědělské či lesnické studium, bude tato část uznána.
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 55 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/55, only registered: 0/55, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/55
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Student is able to present and analyse human acitivity in the landscape with particular attantion paid to agricultural activities. The main objectives are the following:
making students aware of the basic abiotic and biotic principles of agroecosystem functioning;
analysing the origin, development, and diversity of present agricultural systems, with special attention paied to the temperate agriculture, its productive and non-productive functions.
Student is able to identify causes and results of agricultural modernisation in the 20. century including the impacts of the WTO and CAP policies and their environmental and social impacts.
Student should be able to propose a model confrontating the present industrial agriculture with existing or proposed alternatives, mainly with organic agriculture system. (Other information including the full list of literature to be studied is desribed at greater details in the more concrete syllabus that can be found in Study Materials of IS Information System).
Syllabus
  • Soil and plant nutrition - basic principles of soil formation, soil organic matter, Fartilsers and manures, environmental impacts.
  • Agroecosystem – origin of agriculture, structure of agroecosystem, energy and agriculture, crop rotations.
  • Current world agriculture - industrial agriculture, "Green revolution" agriculture, "Forgotten" agriculture.
  • Sustainable alndscape management - theory of sustainability, „maximum sustainable yield“, practical applications.
  • Organic agriculture I - principles, history, IFOAM standards.
  • Organic agriculture II – technologies, quality of products.
  • Organic agriculture III - non-productive functions, environmental, economic, social aspects.
  • Organic agriculture IV - direct contacts between producers and consumers.
  • Agriculture and alndscape - love to the landscape or strugghle against wilderness?
  • Countryside and agriculture in the 21st century - present agricultural olandscape, CAP.
  • Excursion - organic farm, protected landscape area.
Literature
  • ŠARAPATKA, Bořivoj and Urs NIGGLI. Zemědělství a krajina : cesty k vzájemnému souladu. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2008, 271 s. ISBN 9788024418858. info
  • The SAGE handbook of environment and society. Edited by Jules N. Pretty. 1st pub. Los Angeles, Calif.: SAGE Publications, 2007, xiii, 626. ISBN 9781412918435. info
  • The Earthscan reader in sustainable agriculture. Edited by Jules N. Pretty. London: Earthscan, 2005, xxii, 405. ISBN 1844072363. info
  • URBAN, Jiří and Bořivoj ŠARAPATKA. Ekologické zemědělství :učebnice pro školy i praxi. 1. vyd. Praha: Ministerstvo životního prostředí ČR, 2003, 280 s. ISBN 80-7212-274-6. info
  • PRETTY, Jules. Agri-culture :reconnecting people, land and nature. 1st pub. London: Earthscan Publications, 2002, xvi, 261 s. ISBN 1-85383-925-6. info
  • JANDÁK, Jiří, Alois PRAX and Eduard POKORNÝ. Půdoznalství. 1. vyd. Brno: Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická univerzita, 2001, 140 s. ISBN 8071575593. info
  • LAPKA, Miloslav and Miroslav GOTTLIEB. Rolník a krajina :kapitoly ze života soukromých rolníků. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2000, 166 s. ISBN 80-85850-83-4. info
  • PRAX, Alois, Jiří JANDÁK and Eduard POKORNÝ. Půdoznalství. 1. vyd. V Brně: Mendelova zemědělská a lesnická univerzita, 1999, 153 s. ISBN 8071571458. info
  • HENDERSON, Elizabeth and Robyn VAN EN. Sharing the harvest : a guide to community supported agriculture. Edited by Joan Dye Gussow. 1st print. Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1999, xvi, 254. ISBN 1890132232. info
  • PRETTY, Jules. The living land :agriculture, food and community regeneration in rural Europe. 1st pub. London: Earthscan Publications, 1998, xii, 324 s. ISBN 1-85383-516-1. info
  • BARTÁK, Miroslav, František KOCOUREK and Vladimír VRABEC. Obecná agroekologie. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická universita, 1996, 134 s. ISBN 80-7078-354-0. info
  • BARTÁK, Miroslav, Bořivoj ŠARAPATKA and František KOCOUREK. Speciální agroekologie. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická universita, 1996, 179 s. ISBN 80-7078-353-2. info
Teaching methods
The course is based on lectures and individual work with the study recourses. Students are required to write a final essay.
Assessment methods
The course is finished by an examination. Students receive credits for three tests and the final essay. The literature for the subject will be placed in the section “Study materials” in IS. The exact conditions of the point evaluation for the testa and essay will be published in the section “Study materials”.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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