Z7107 Settlements systems

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ondřej Mulíček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lenka Žáková (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Ondřej Mulíček, Ph.D.
Timetable
Thu 9:00–9:50 Z4,02028
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
Z7107/01: Thu 10:00–10:50 Z4,02028, L. Žáková
Z7107/02: Tue 16:00–16:50 Z3,02045, L. Žáková
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PROGRAM(N-GK)
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 42 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/42, only registered: 0/42
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to provide an overview of models and theories of settlement system development; to introduce the methods and techniques of inter-urban linkages analysis; to depict actual processes shaping contemporary settlement system at national and European scale.
Syllabus
  • 1. Static theories and settlement systems models;
  • 2. Dynamic theories and settlement systems models;
  • 3. General aspects of socio-demographic systems dvelopment (M. Hampl);
  • 4. Global settlement system/system of global cities;
  • 5. Trajectories of European settlement system development;
  • 6. European urban development - contemporary analyses;
  • 7. Polycentric settlement systems.
Literature
  • New forms of urbanization : beyond the urban-rural dichotomy. Edited by A. G. Champion - Graeme Hugo. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2004, xxiv, 420. ISBN 0754635880. info
  • Handbook of urban studies. Edited by Ronan Paddison. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 2001, xvii, 494. ISBN 0-8039-7695-X. info
  • HAMPL, Martin, Václav GARDAVSKÝ and Karel KÜHNL. Regionální struktura a vývoj systému osídlení ČSR. 1. vyd. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1989, 255 s. URL info
Assessment methods
Teaching methods - lectures, class discussion, homeworks, reading, group projects. Colloquium (oral) tests the ability of independent orientation within the urban themes.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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