Ze0252 Landscape Science

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jaromír Kolejka, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Jaromír Kolejka, CSc.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge about the natural landscape components - atmosphere, waters, land forms, geological structure, soils and biota.
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
Students should be able to understand and explain the time/space integration and relationships of components and elements of the natural landscape. and the territorial structure and functioning of natural and present landscapes. Students understand the content of landscape strutures (natural, economic, human and spiritual), their differences and interrelationships. They can identify the processes that sustain their existence. The knowledge can be used in practical life for the right decision-making in the territory. Another learning outcome of the course unit is to teach students to construct basic landscape models: landscape profile and landscape map.
Learning outcomes
Students will understand and be able to explain the space-time integration and connection of the elements and elements of nature and the time-space connection of the territorial units of natural and contemporary landscape. Students will understand the content of landscape structures (natural, economic, human and spiritual), their differences and their relationships. He/she has an overview of processes that maintain the existence of landscape structures. Knowledge of the landscape can be used in decision-making in the area.
Syllabus
  • Introduction
  • 1. Lanscape science, geoecology and landscape ecology
  • 2. Basic properties of landscape systems (geosystems)
  • 3. Landscape - the term and features
  • 4. Static features of landscapes
  • 5. Dynamic features of landscapes
  • 6. Landscape models, maps and scrossections
  • 7. Human impacts on landscapes
  • 8. Construction of basic landscape models: landscape crosssection and landscape map
Literature
    required literature
  • KOLEJKA, Jaromír. Nauka o krajině : pro studující geografie magisterských učitelských oborů. 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 129 stran. ISBN 9788021066595. info
  • KOLEJKA, Jaromír. Nauka o krajině : geografický pohled a východiska. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2013, 439 s. ISBN 9788020022011. info
    not specified
  • FORMAN, Richard T. T. and Michel GODRON. Krajinná ekologie. Translated by Jan Těšitel. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1993, 583 s. ISBN 8020004645. info
  • LIPSKÝ, Zdeněk. Krajinná ekologie : pro studenty geografických oborů. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 129 s. ISBN 8071845450. info
  • SÁDLO, Jiří, Petr POKORNÝ, Pavel HÁJEK, Dagmar DRESLEROVÁ and Václav CÍLEK. Krajina a revoluce : významné přelomy ve vývoji kulturní krajiny českých zemí. Vyd. 1. Praha: Malá Skála, 2005, 247 stran. ISBN 8086776026. info
Teaching methods
lectures, individual work
Assessment methods
For completing this course successfully, it is necessary to pass a writen test, min 10,5 marks (ten questions, á 2 points).
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hod.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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