ENSn4437 Management of Rural Space

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Karel Stibral, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Karel Stibral, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Hendrychová
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Tue 10:00–11:40 U32
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! HEN437 Rural Management &&!NOW( HEN437 Rural Management )&&TYP_STUDIA(N)
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 46 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 29/46, only registered: 0/46, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/46
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).
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to:
- identify the main principles of the agricultural lansdscape management and possible conflicts of interest;
- accept the need of multidisciplinary approach in the landscape management;
critically reflects and evaluate landscape policy instruments.
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
    required literature
  • 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
    recommended literature
  • The politics of land and food scarcity. Edited by Paolo De Castro. New York: Routledge, 2013, xiv, 154. ISBN 9780203084137. info
  • HUB, Pavel. Neber zvíře do úst, aneb, Podala snad Eva Adamovi jelito? : rozhovory o utrpení zvířat v systému živočišné výroby s dopadem na člověka, společnost a přírodu. V Tribunu EU vyd. 1. Brno: Tribun EU, 2012, 409 s. ISBN 9788026302155. info
  • CAROLAN, Michael S. The sociology of food and agriculture. New York: Routledge, 2012, xii, 317. ISBN 9780415698511. info
  • ESTABROOK, Barry. Tomatoland : how modern industrial agriculture destroyed our most alluring fruit. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel Pub., 2012, xxi, 233. ISBN 9781449423452. info
  • NESTLE, Marion and Malden C. NESHEIM. Why calories count : from science to politics. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012, 288 p. ISBN 9780520262881. info
  • WALDAU, Paul. Animal rights : what everyone needs to know. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2011, [xvii], 23. ISBN 9780199739974. info
  • SAGE, Colin. Environment and food. New York: Routledge, 2011, xv, 320. ISBN 9780415363129. info
  • GRUEN, Lori. Ethics and animals : an introduction. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011, xvi, 233. ISBN 9780521717731. info
  • WIRZBA, Norman. Food and faith : a theology of eating. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011, xix, 244. ISBN 9780521195508. info
  • GREENBERG, Paul. Four fish : the future of the last wild food. New York: Penguin Press, 2010, 284 p. ISBN 9781594202568. info
  • STEEL, Carolyn. Hungry city : how food shapes our lives. London: Vintage Books, 2009, xiii, 383. ISBN 9780099531685. info
  • DAVIS, Ellen F. Scripture, culture, and agriculture : an Agrarian reading of the Bible. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009, xvii, 234. ISBN 9780521732239. URL info
  • WRIGHT, Julia. Sustainable agriculture and food security in an era of oil scarcity : lessons from Cuba. Sterling, VA: Earthscan, 2009, xvi, 261. ISBN 9780415507349. URL info
  • Ethical traceability and communicating food. Edited by Christian Coff. [Berlin?]: Springer, 2008, xxvi, 318. ISBN 9781402085239. URL info
  • 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
  • Food biotechnology in ethical perspective. Edited by Paul B. Thompson. 2nd ed. Dordrecht: Springer, 2007, ix, 340. ISBN 9789048174461. URL 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
  • KORTHALS, Michiel. Before dinner : philosophy and ethics of food. Translated by Frans Kooymans. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer ;, 2004, xiii, 213. ISBN 1402029926. 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
  • CHAZANOV, Anatolij Michajlovič. Nomads and the outside world. Edited by Ernest André Gellner, Translated by Julia Crookenden. 2nd ed. Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press, 1994, lix, 382. ISBN 0299142841. info
  • HODDER, Ian. The domestication of Europe : structure and contingency in neolithic societies. Cambridge, Mass., USA: B. Blackwell, 1990, x, 331. ISBN 0631177698. 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 two 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 test and essay will be published in the section “Study materials”.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
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