Ze2RC_GOK3 Geography of Population and Settlements

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Bc. Darina Mísařová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
RNDr. Hana Svobodová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Hana Svobodová, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Fri 12. 10. 9:00–12:50 učebna 5a, Fri 30. 11. 9:00–12:50 učebna 5a
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 Tuition: On the basis of the general recognition of geography of population and settlement, its factography and its methods - to gain 1) the ability of aimed acquiring of new concrete knowledge of the dealing theme and 2) the ability of synthesis of the said knowledge within the complex framework of developmental relationship of partial geographical spheres - with emphasis on the problem of didactics transformation. At the end of course students should be albe to use informations in regional geography, interpret of basic informations in structure of people.
Syllabus
  • The Fundamental Themes of Lectures:
  • 1. Geography of population and settlements as scientific discipline
  • 2. Geograpgical aspects of the rise, the forming and the spreading of mankind and human races
  • 3. The forms of the spatial organization of population
  • 4. Characteristics of population
  • a) quantitative (number, density of population)
  • b) structural (biological, cultural, economic, legal and political
  • c) dynamical (natural movement, mechanical movement, social movement)
  • 5. Geographical aspects of population problems
  • 6. Geographical aspects of the rise, the forming and the spreading of habitation
  • 7. The types of settlements
  • 8. The structure and systems of settlements
  • 9. Urbanization
  • 10. Geography of cities - historical development, tips of cities.
  • 11. Rural geography - tips of villages, section plans of rural area.
Literature
  • CHALUPA, Petr and Zdeňka TARABOVÁ. Geografie obyvatelstva, demografie, geografie sídel : učební texty pro posluchače učitelského studia geografie. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1990, 148 s. ISBN 8021002026. info
  • Demografie (nejen) pro demografy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1993, 125 s. ISBN 80-801424-2-7. info
  • KALIBOVÁ, Květa. Úvod do demografie. 2. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2001, 52 s. ISBN 8024602229. info
  • CHALUPA, Petr and Zdeňka TARABOVÁ. Přehled geografie obyvatelstva, demografie a geografie sídel : učební texty pro posluchače učitelského studia geografie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1986, 162 s. info
  • SHORT, John Rennie. Human settlement (Orig.) : Lidská sídla. info
  • Soubor textů do kurzu Demografie. V Brně: Soukromý tisk Masarykovy univerzity, 2001, 1 sv. info
  • PAVLÍK, Zdeněk, Jitka RYCHTAŘÍKOVÁ and Alena ŠUBRTOVÁ. Základy demografie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1986, 732 s. URL info
Teaching methods
The course is teaching throught the lectures and tuition.
Assessment methods
Examination consists of oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin konzultací.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2018, recent)
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