PřF:Z7900 Landscape Evaluation - Course Information

Z7900 Landscape Evaluation

Extent and Intensity

2/1. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

RNDr. Martin Culek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
RNDr. Kateřina Batelková (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Martin Culek, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science

Timetable

Wed 16:00–17:50 Z6,02006

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

Z7900/01: Tue 10:00–10:50 Z2,01032, K. Batelková

Prerequisites

PROGRAM(N-GK)
Interest in the study of the Landscape and its shape, knowledges about the Landscape on the level of a good secondary school.

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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Applied Geography (programme PřF, N-GK)
• Physical Geography (programme PřF, N-GK)

Course objectives

At the end of the course students should be able to: identify landscape types and unique features of individual Landscapes;
evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of respective Landscapes for special use by means of SWOT analysis and Slowak metodology LANDEP;
The main part of the course is dedicated to Landscape shape and its legislative protection. Students should be able to: identify architectonical styles and their influence to the folk art architecture;
identify types of villages and organization of their fields and meadows;
discuss and aply two Czech present-day methods for evaluation of Landscape shape (Vorel et al., Lőw et al.) and new approach to this;
identify and analyze values, problems and possibilities of respective Landscapes, level of conservation of old man-made landscape structures.

Syllabus

• 1. Introduction. Why and how we need to study Landscapes. 2-5. Natural elements in the Landscape and its shape. 6-7. Antropogenous modification of the Landscape, its history. 8. Architectonical styles and their influence on the village architecture. 9. Types of villages and organization of their agricultural landscape. 10. Distiguishing of the Landscape localities and regions. 11-12. Method of evaluation of landscape old features (Lőw et al.) + Method of evaluation of proposed constructions and activities impact on the Landscape shape (Vorel et al). 12. Landscape Typology of the Czechia. 13. Composed artificial landscapes (lecture of Assoc. Prof. A. Salašová from MZLU). 14. Method LANDEP, SWOT analysis. 15. Legislation and the protection of the Landscapes (European Agreement on Landscape, Czech act No. 114/92 Sb.).

Literature

required literature
• LÖW, Jiří and Igor MÍCHAL. Krajinný ráz. 1. vyd. Kostelec nad Černými Lesy: Lesnická práce, 2003, 552 s. ISBN 80-86386-27-9. info
• VOREL, I., BUKÁČEK, R., MATĚJKA, P., CULEK, M., SKLENIČKA, P. (2006): Metodický postup posouzení vlivu navrhované stavby, činnosti nebo změny využití území na krajinný ráz. 2. upravené vydání. Naděžda Skleničková. Praha.

recommended literature
• LŐW, Jiří, CULEK, Martin, NOVÁK Jaroslav: Typy krajinného rázu České republiky. Atlas krajiny ČR. Průhonice 2009.
• CULEK, Martin. Využití biogeografické diferenciace ČR při hodnocení krajinného rázu (Biogeographical division as the source for landscape character evaluation). In Krajinný ráz - jeho vnímání a hodnocení v evropském kontextu. Sborník ekologie krajiny. Brno: CZ-IALE, 2005, p. 33-40. info
• SKLENIČKA, Petr. Základy krajinného plánování. Vyd. 2. Praha: Naděžda Skleničková, 2003, 321 s. ISBN 80-903206-1-9. info
• LIBROVÁ, Hana. Kulturní krajina potřebuje náš smír s divočinou. In Tvář naší země- krajina domova. 1st ed. Praha,Průhonice, 2001, p. 129-133. Sborník příspěvků na konferenci Tvář naší země. info
• Téma pro 21. století :kulturní krajina, aneb, Proč ji chránit? Vyd. 1. Praha: Ministerstvo životního prostředí, 2000, 243 s. ISBN 80-7212-134-0. info
• HERBER, Vladimír. 21. výroční konference Fyzickogeografické sekce České geografické společnosti "Kulturní krajina". 2004. info
• CULEK, Martin, Antonín BUČEK, Vít GRULICH, Pavel HARTL, Antonín HRABICA, Jan KOCIÁN, Štěpán KYJOVSKÝ and Jan LACINA. Biogeografické členění České republiky. II. díl. (Biogeographical division of the Czech Republic. Vol. 2.). 1st ed. Praha: Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR, 2005, 589 pp. Biogeografické členění ČR, svazek 2. ISBN 80-86064-82-4. info
• KOLEJKA, Jaromir and Daniel MAREK. Kulturní krajina v době globalizace. Sbližování krajin (Cultural landscape in time of globalisation. Landscape convergence). Biologie, Chemie, Zeměpis. Praha: PN, 2006, vol. 15, No 1, p. 49-52. ISSN 1210-3349. info
• HEROUT, Jaroslav. Staletí kolem nás :přehled stavebních slohů. Vyd. 5., přeprac. a dopl. Praha: Paseka, 2002, 358 s. ISBN 8071853895. info
• BALATKA, Břetislav. Zeměpisný lexikon ČR. Edited by Jaromír Demek - Peter Mackovčin. Vyd. II. Brno: AOPK ČR, 2006, 580 s. ISBN 8086064999. info

Teaching methods

Lectures are held with help of powerpoint presentations. Seminars consist of identifying of field and meadows organization types and discussions above project of external experts and students projects. Target of four seminars is identifying of architectonical styles during excursions in city of Brno.

Assessment methods

Oral exam with possibility of written preparation. Evaluation of the seminar project gives cca 30% of the final mark, but the exam is necessary to fulfil on level "E" anyway.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.

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