ZeC023 Regional geography of the Czech Republic

Faculty of Education
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jaromír Kolejka, CSc. (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
Prerequisites
Terminological and factual knowledge of partial physical-geographic (geomorphology, climatology, hydrology, pedogeography and biogeography) and socio-geographical disciplines (population and settlement geography, economic geography) and landscape and environment science. An important prerequisite is the ability to put the knowledge of these disciplines into logical and regional context.
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 provide students with geographical data on individual natural and social components of the environment in the Czech Republic and their mutual connections from a spatial and temporal point of view.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:,v - interpret regional knowledge of the Czech Republic from partial physical-geographic and socio-geographical disciplines and landscape and environmental science,
- use the Atlas of the Czech Republic to describe and explain geographical phenomena,
- to define the individual regions of the Czech Republic and to describe them in their context, to understand their internal spatial division and to explain these properties.
Syllabus
  • Physical Geography:
  • 1. Position of the Czech Republic. CR climate and its role in the environment.
  • 2. Water in the Czech Republic and its impact on the environment.
  • 3. Geological structure and relief, their importance for the environment.
  • 4. Soils of the Czech Republic, patterns of their spatial arrangement, position in the environment.
  • 5. Biota of the Czech Republic, deployment, role in the environment, meaning and protection 6. Natural landscapes of the Czech Republic, typological and individual landscape units of the Czech Republic.
  • 7. Protection of the natural landscape in the Czech Republic.
  • Social geography:
  • 8. Basic geographical characteristics of the Czech Republic. Administrative breakdown of the Czech Republic. Settlement structure. Czech population - dynamic and structural characteristics of the population. Labour market in the Czech Republic.
  • 9. Regional geographical aspects of the primary sector - agriculture, forestry and fishing.
  • 10. Specifics of economic development in the Czech Republic. Basic aspects of Czech industry.
  • 11. Geographical aspects of tourism in the Czech Republic. Transport geography of the Czech Republic in general and sectoral overview.
  • 12. Geography of trade and services as a separate discipline.
  • 13. Regional policy and regional development in the Czech Republic.
  • 14. Socio-economic specifics of Czech regions.
Literature
  • ŠVERMOVÁ, Pavla. Geografie České republiky. Vyd. 1. V Liberci: Technická univerzita v Liberci, 2010, 190 s. ISBN 9788073726331. info
  • VITURKA, Milan and Viktorie KLÍMOVÁ. Globálně orientované hodnocení konkurenční pozice krajů České republiky (Globally oriented assessment of competitive position of regions of Czech Republic.). Brno: ESF MU, 2006. info
  • TOUŠEK, Václav. Česká republika : portréty krajů. Praha: Ministerstvo pro místní rozvoj ČR, 2005, 136 s. ISBN 8023963058. info
  • VITURKA, Milan, Stanislav ŘEHÁK and Michal VANČURA. Regionální geografie Evropy a ČR (Regional geography of the Europe and C.R.). 2. vydání. Brno: MU - ESF, 2004, 126 pp. ISBN 80-210-3504-8. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, field practice, individual work.
Assessment methods
The course is concluded by a colloquium, which takes place primarily in written form. In case of repeated passing of the written exam, an oral exam can also take place.
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 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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