Ze2BP_NSP5 Geography of Non-production Sphere

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Hana Svobodová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Hana Svobodová, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Timetable
Mon 7:55–8:40 učebna 35
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the subject - to acquaint with general methodical aproaches of social geography (system and synergetic aproaches), to gain basical knowledge about the problems of transportation, trade and services
Syllabus
  • 1. The general methods used in social geography
  • The system approach in geography, the cohesion and comlexity of natural, economic and social components of geography
  • Synergetics and the comprehension of the actual social and economic development of the Worl
  • The theory of regionalization, types of socioeconomic regions
  • 2. The geography of transportation and communications as an antonomous science branch
  • The determination, evolution and actual signification of the branch; the factors of the localization of transportation
  • The basical notions, characteristics and classifications of transporation
  • The examples of the ivestigation in the geography of transporation and communication (the optimalůization of transport net, prognosis, traffic volume and transfer of persons, loads and informations)
  • The geographical characterization of particular kinds of transporation, their compound, signification, main world traces and nodes
  • The evolution of the systems of communication on the Earth, the signifiaction and perspectives of development of this branch of information revolution, the structural possibilities of spreading of knowledge, informations and inovations
  • 3. The geography of recreation and travel movement as an antonomous science branch
  • The determination of the branch, the priciples of uprising of recreation and travel movement, basical notions and characteristics
  • The natural and social conditions for recreation and travel movement, main world regions of recreation and travel movement
  • The geographical research of recreation and travel movement
  • 4. The geography of trade and services as an antonomous science branch
  • The theory of markit cenres
  • The international target, main targit flows and regions of the World.
Literature
  • DEMEK, Jaromír. Teoretická geografie : principy a problémy. Brno: Geografický ústav ČSAV, 1974, 77 s. info
  • CHALUPA, Petr and Koloman IVANIČKA. Geografie. V, Synergetický přístup k některým geografickým problémům České a Slovenské republiky (Variant.) : Synergetický přístup k některým geografickým problémům České a Slovenské republiky. info
  • Základy teórie a metodologie socioekonomickej geografie. Edited by Koloman Ivanička. 2. vyd. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, 1987, 432 s. info
  • SKOKAN, Ladislav. Úvod do teorie geografie. Vyd. 1. Ústí nad Labem: Pedagogická fakulta UJEP, 1998, 147 s. ISBN 80-7044-174-7. info
  • HRALA, Václav. Geografie světového hospodářství : vybrané kapitoly. 4. vyd. Praha: Oeconomica, 2005, 194 s. ISBN 8024508575. info
  • SKOKAN, Ladislav. Geografie světového hospodářství :odvětvový přehled. Vyd. 1. Ústí nad Labem: Pedagogická fakulta UJEP, 1995, 117 s. ISBN 80-7044-113-5. info
  • HRALA, Václav. Geografie cestovního ruchu. Vyd. 3. Praha: Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2005, 109 s. ISBN 8024508583. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
The course of lectures, culminating in a written examination (basic concepts and typology), together with an oral examination (interpretation of the issue)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Podmínkou připuštění k ukončení předmětu je získání zápočtu ze Ze2BP_NSS5
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013.
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