Ze0126 Urban and Rural Geography

Faculty of Education
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Ondřej Krejčí (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Bc. Darina Mísařová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
RNDr. Hana Svobodová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
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 of Seminar Groups
Ze0126/01: Thu 10:00–11:50 učebna 41, D. Mísařová
Prerequisites
basic knowledge of general knowledge of socio-economic geography and successful evaluation of the course Geography of population and settlements.
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
Urban geography: Main objectives this cource are follows: - to get basic survey of actual conteption in geography of cities; - the consecutive survey and interactive analysis city of Brno; - to get basic survey of city development in Czech republic. At the edn of course students will be able interpret, apply and use method of urban development in practises and to do city urban plan.

Rural geography: Aim of the subject is to get basic knowledge about rural areas in the Czech Republic with focus on processes, participants and tools of development. At the end of this course the student will be able to define the characterictic signs of rural areas, to analyze the relationship between city and countryside, identify actors and instruments of rural development. The student is able to use knowledge to create own designs leading to improved quality of life in rural areas.
Syllabus
  • Urban geography:
  • 1. Introduce to geography of cities.
  • 2. Cities conception, pre-industry city.
  • 3. Cities and industrial revolution. Industry city.
  • 4. Post-industry city. New conception and accesses.
  • 5. Socialistic city. New conception and accesses.
  • 6. Post-socialistic city. Space Transformation.
  • 7. Space structur of cities and her changes.
  • 8. Field course - the function of Brno (residential, utility, industrial, administrative, transportation).
  • Rural geography:
  • 1. Delimitation of rural areas.
  • 2. Changes of rural areas after 1989.
  • 3. Common Agricultural Policy and its impact on rural development.
  • 4. Participants of rural development.
  • 5. Tools of rural development.
  • 6. Problems of rural development and possibilities of their solution.
  • 7. Field work - mapping and analysis of selected problem in rural municipality.
Literature
    required literature
  • KUNC, Josef, Václav TOUŠEK, Jiří VYSTOUPIL, Petr DANĚK, Pavel KLAPKA, Ondřej MULÍČEK, Daniel SEIDENGLANZ, Zdeněk SZCZYRBA, Michal VANČURA, Antonín VĚŽNÍK, Milan VITURKA and Petr TONEV. Ekonomická a sociální geografie (Economic and social geography). 1. vydání. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, s.r.o., 2008, 411 pp. učebnice vysokých škol. ISBN 978-80-7380-114-4. info
  • BINEK, Jan, Hana SVOBODOVÁ, Jan HOLEČEK, Alena PŘIBYLÍKOVÁ, Kateřina CHABIČOVSKÁ and Iva GALVASOVÁ. Synergie ve venkovském prostoru - Přístupy k řešení problémů rozvoje venkovských obcí. 1. vyd. Brno: GaREP, spol. s r. o., 2010, 120 pp. ISBN 978-80-904308-4-6. URL info
  • BINEK, Jan. Venkovský prostor a jeho oživení. Brno: Georgetown, 2007, 137 s. ISBN 80251195. info
  • JEŽEK, J. Aplikovaná geografie města. Plzeň: Západočeská univerzita v Plzni, 2004. info
    recommended literature
  • GALVASOVÁ, Iva, Jan BINEK, Kateřina CHABIČOVSKÁ, Jan HOLEČEK and Dušan HALÁSEK. Spolupráce obcí jako faktor rozvoje. 1st ed. Brno: Georgetown, 2007, 140 pp. ISBN 80-251-20-9. URL info
  • SHORT, John Rennie. Lidská sídla. Translated by Vít Štěpánek. Praha: Nakladatelský dům OP, 1994, 256 s. ISBN 80-85841-14-2. info
Teaching methods
Theoretical lectures, discussion, practical projects, field work. Field work will take place in Brno and its surroundings (Lesná, Židenice, Olympia Modřice, Brno-Centre, South and Bohunice, for rural geography - Moravany, Útěchov, Jehnice, Ořešín etc.)
Assessment methods
Individual/group project developed on the basis of own field work. The project must be hand in within the specified deadline to the IS. The benefit is student´s activity on seminars.
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.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2019, recent)
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