Z0081 Spatial social and economic information

Faculty of Science
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Ondřej Šerý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Ondřej Šerý, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Ondřej Šerý, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites (in Czech)
KREDITY_MIN(40)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 11/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Course follows courses Statistical methods and data processing and Method of geographical research. Students will be acquainted with past and present spatial social-economic information, which can be used in regional geographic research. Emphasis will be put on issues of data comparability, their territorial detail including accessibility, objectivity and representativeness. In seminar students will be acquainted with techniques of processing of spatial social-economic information including methods of multivariate analysis and with techniques of sample surveys.
Learning outcomes
Students completing the course will be able to:
- identify basic spatial data sources for individual thematic areas,
- realize a basic spatial data analysis on the example of a particular region,
- describe the limitations and (un)suitability of data sources and indicators.
Syllabus
  • 1. Domestic and foreign statistical institutions and databases (CZSO, Eurostat, UN agencies, ...)
  • 2. History of census with emphasis on censuses in 1991, 2001 and 2011
  • 3. Data about population structure (according to sex, age, religion, nationality, highest level of education attained,
  • 4. Population changes (natural growth, migration) and commuting to work and schools
  • 5. Economy (GDP, economic activity) and data about agriculture and forestry (Agricultural census, land use, ...)
  • 6. Industry and construction - the number of employees in companies, industrial zones and brownfields, foreign direct investment and investment incentives
  • 7. Data about non-productive sphere - retail, education, healthcare, social security, ...
  • 8. Labour Market - Integrated Portal MLSA, Labour Force Survey, GIS spatial analysis
  • 9. Houses and flats - construction and amenities, Regional facilities
  • 10. Transport geographic information and their processing
  • 11. Electoral statistics
  • 12. Questionnaire survey - representativeness, selection of respondents, formulation of questions, interpretation
Literature
    required literature
  • TOUŠEK, Václav; KLADIVO, Petr; JANOTA, Michal. APLIKACE V REGIONÁLNÍ A SOCIÁLNÍ GEOGRAFII [online]. 2010 [cit. 2011-09-21]. Dostupné z WWW: .
    not specified
  • Ivanička, K.: Úvod do ekonomicko- geografického výskumu. SNTL, Bratislava, 1971
  • Heřmanová, E.: Vybrané vícerozměrné statistické metody v geografii, SPN, Praha, 1991
  • ISARD, Walter. Methods of interregional and regional analysis. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1998, xxiii, 490. ISBN 1-85972-410-8. info
  • BRÁZDIL, Rudolf. Statistické metody v geografii : cvičení. 3. vyd. Brno: Vydavatelství Masarykovy univerzity, 1995, 177 s. ISBN 8021012609. info
Teaching methods
Lectures let the students know of sources of spatial social-economic information and examples of its use in the regional geographical research. Seminars takes place in the computer room and they are concerned with model areas cases.
Assessment methods
Evaluation of the entire course consists of two parts:
I. Exercise - elaboration of individual exercises (weight: 25% of total marks),
II. Written test (weight: 75% of the total marks).
Corresponding attendance and gain at least 50 % of the points for drafting exercise is necessary for granting credit for exercise.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2000, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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