ZeC015 Landscape Science

Faculty of Education
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jaromír Kolejka, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Jaromír Kolejka, CSc.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
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
The aim of the course is to 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. Another learning outcome of the course unit is to teach students to construct basic landscape models: landscape profile and landscape map.
Learning outcomes
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.
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 crossections
  • 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 (The landscape science for geography students of master training programmes for future reachers). 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 129 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6659-5. info
    recommended literature
  • KOLEJKA, Jaromír. Nauka o krajině. Geografický pohled a východiska (Landscape Science. A geographic Perspective). 1st ed. Praha: Nakladatelství Academia. Středisko společných činností AV ČR, v.v.i., 2013, 440 pp. Živá příroda. ISBN 978-80-200-2201-1. 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
  • LIPSKÝ, Zdeněk. Krajinná ekologie : pro studenty geografických oborů. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 129 s. ISBN 8071845450. info
  • FORMAN, Richard T. T. and Michel GODRON. Krajinná ekologie. Translated by Jan Těšitel. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1993, 583 s. ISBN 8020004645. info
    not specified
  • ČECH, Vladimír and Ján DRDOŠ. Geoekológia a environmentalistika. Vydanie prvé. Prešov: Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, 2009, 181 stran. ISBN 9788080689810. info
Teaching methods
lectures, seminary, individual work
Assessment methods
For completing this course successfully, it is necessary to pass a writen test, min 10,5 points (ten questions, á 2 points). An acceptance of correct landscape cross section and landscape is the condition as well.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
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 Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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