PřF:Z0043 Populat. and settlem. geogr. 1 - Course Information

Z0043 Population and settlement geography 1

Extent and Intensity

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

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Daniel Seidenglanz, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. RNDr. Stanislav Řehák, CSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Daniel Seidenglanz, Ph.D.

Timetable of Seminar Groups

Z0043/01: No timetable has been entered into IS.
Z0043/02: No timetable has been entered into IS.

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

• Applied Mathematics - Geography (programme PřF, B-GR)
• Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, B-GR)
• Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, M-GR)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, M-GR)

Course objectives

The course is an introduction to basic approaches to analysis of spatial distribution of population, its composition and development. The course is organised in three sections. The first of them introduces to the development of population geography, defines units of analysis, offers an overview of population data sources and principal methods of their analysis. The second part deals with origin, development and distribution of population in the global context, including prognoses of future development. The third section provides a background in demography, especially in analysis of proceses of natality, mortality, nuptiality, divorces and abortions, and age structure. A special attention is paid to the place of the Czech Republic in the population development of Europe and world. Seminars focused on practical acquirment of analitical methods are an integral part of the course.

Syllabus

• 1. Introduction. History of the discipline. 2. Data sources, availibility of data (history of population censuses and registration). 3. Antropogenesis. Distribution of population on Earth. Racial differentiation. 4. Develoment of world population (history, future) 5. Distribution of population with respect to natural and social environment. Methods of analysis of distribution of population. 6. Introduction to demography: demographic data a indicators, time in demographic analysis. 7. Age and sex structure of population. Structure of population based on economical and cultural signs. 8. Natural reproduction of population - natality, mortality, nuptiality, divorces, abortions. Complex characteristics of natural reproduction. Demographic transition. 9. Mobility of population

Literature

• Kárníková, L. Vývoj obyvatelstva v českých zemích 1754 - 1914. Praha: Nakladatelství ČSAV
• Populační vývoj České republiky 1998. Edited by Zdeněk Pavlík - Milan Kučera. 1. vyd. Praha: Katedra demografie a geodemografie Přírodovědecké fakulty Univerzity Karlovy, 1999, 97 s., tab. ISBN 80-902154-8-3. info
• ROUBÍČEK, Vladimír. Úvod do demografie. 1. vyd. Praha: CODEX Bohemia, 1997, 348 s. ISBN 80-85963-43-4. info
• MLÁDEK, Jozef. Základy geografie obyvatel'stva. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladatel'stvo, 1992, 230 s. ISBN 8008007680. info
• BAŠOVSKÝ, Oliver and Jozef MLÁDEK. Geografia obyvatel'stva a sídiel. 2. nezm. vyd. Bratislava: Universita Komenského, 1989, 221 s. ISBN 80-223-0026-8. info
• HAMPL, Martin, Václav GARDAVSKÝ and Karel KÜHNL. Regionální struktura a vývoj systému osídlení ČSR. Vyd. 1. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1987, 255 s. URL info
• PAVLÍK, Zdeněk, Jitka RYCHTAŘÍKOVÁ and Alena ŠUBRTOVÁ. Základy demografie. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1986, 732 s. URL info
• KORČÁK, Jaromír. Geografie obyvatelstva ve statistické syntéze. Vyd. 1. Praha: Universita Karlova v Praze, 1973, 147 s. info

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• Z0044 Urban geography

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.

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