PřF:Z0101 Regional geography of Asia - Course Information

Z0101 Regional geography of the World - Asia

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

RNDr. Vladimír Herber, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Stanislav Řehák, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

RNDr. Vladimír Herber, CSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Vladimír Herber, CSc.

Prerequisites (in Czech)

KREDITY_MIN(100)

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Applied Mathematics - Geography (programme PřF, B-GR)
• Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, B-GR)
• Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, M-GR)
• Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, M-GR, specialization Physical Geography)
• Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, M-GR, specialization Cartography and Geoinformatics)
• Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, M-GR, specialization Climatology and Hydrology)
• Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, M-GR, specialization Socio-Economic Geography)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, M-GR)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Geography (programme PřF, M-SS)

Course objectives

Asia, geographical position, basic cartometric data. Structure and relief. The climat. The hydrology. Soil geography. Pedogeographic Regions. The Biogeography. Forests. Biogeographic regionalization. Physicogeographical Complexe. Protected Natural Territories.
Asia in the world economy. Population. Religions. Languages.
China (by groups of provinces: North - East, North, Centre, South, West). Japan (Hokkaido, North of Honshu, South and West of Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku). India (by groups of states and territories).
South - Eastern Asia. South - Western Asia. Post - Soviet Northern and Central Asia.

Literature

• NOVOTNÁ, Marie. Cvičení z regionální geografie :Asie. Vyd. 1. Plzeň: Západočeská univerzita, 1995, 127 s. ISBN 80-7043-176-8. info
• Lexikon zemí. Svazek 4: Asie, Austrálie, Oceánie. Translated by Jiří Stach. 1.vyd. Praha: GeoCenter International, 1994, 90 s., map. ISBN 3-575-11787-X. info
• ŠINDLER, Petr and Vladimír BAAR. Regionální geografie světadílů a oceánů. Vyd. 1. Ostrava: Pedagogická fakulta v Ostravě, 1988, 309 s. info
• ŠINDLER, Petr and Vladimír BAAR. Regionální geografie světadílů a oceánů : Afrika, Asie, Austrálie, Oceánie. 1., II. část. 1. vyd. Ostrava: Pedagogická fakulta v Ostravě, 1988, 296 s. info

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Pro studující Geografie a kartografie volitelný předmět.

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