Ze0024 Geography of Production Sphere

Faculty of Education
Spring 2012
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
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of social-geography principles is assumed.
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
Basic sectoral discipline of geography, which provides an overview of the basic knowledge of geography of industry and agriculture.
Syllabus
  • 1. Genesis and roots of social and economic geography, its position in the system of science, relation with other disciplines. Introduction to geography of agriculture.
  • 2. Localisation factors of agriculture.
  • 3. Agriculture in the world.
  • 4. Common Agricultural Policy of the EU.
  • 5. Impact of agriculture on environment. Other production branches (fishery and forestry). Hunger in the world.
  • 6. Introduction into geography of industry. Classification of industry. Evaluation of industry.
  • 7. Localisation factors of industry – genesis, development and present importance.
  • 8. Characteristics of industrial branches - extraction of raw materials, iron and steel industry, energetic.
  • 9. Characteristics of industrial branches - engineering, chemical, textile, food and wood industry.
  • 10. Other industrila branches.
  • 11. History of „modern“ industry – high tech.
Literature
    required literature
  • TOUŠEK, Václav, Josef KUNC and Jiří VYSTOUPIL. Ekonomická a sociální geografie. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2008, 411 s. ISBN 9788073801144. info
    not specified
  • Internetové stránky FAO.
  • JÁČ, Ivan. Hospodářská geografie. Vyd. 3. Liberec: Technická univerzita v Liberci, 2010, 98 s. ISBN 9788073725853. info
  • JÁČ, Ivan. Hospodářská geografie Evropské unie. Vyd. 9. dopl. V Liberci: Technická univerzita v Liberci, 2010, 90 s. ISBN 9788073726232. info
  • CHALUPA, Petr and Jozef MEČIAR. Socioekonomická geografie v přehledu pro studenty čtyřletého studia. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 1996, 172 s. ISBN 8021014555. info
Teaching methods
Theoretical preparation - lectures, discussion.
Assessment methods
Written / oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Information on completion of the course: Podmínkou připuštění ke zkoušce je získání zápočtu ze Ze0025
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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