ZA0043 Population geography

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Milan Jeřábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Milan Jeřábek, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Milan Jeřábek, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PROGRAM(N-AN)
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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is an introduction to basic approaches to the spatial analysis of population distribution, its composition and development. Learning outcomes can be summarized as follows: competence to analyze basic demographic phenomena and processes; competence to apply basic methods of demographic research; competence to interpret basic results of demographic research.
Syllabus
  • Lectures:
  • 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. Development of world population (history, future).
  • 5. Distribution of population with respect to natural and social environment.
  • 6. Methods of analysis of population distribution.
  • 7. Introduction to demography: demographic data a indicators, time in demographic analysis.
  • 8. Age and sex structure of population.
  • 9. Structure of population based on economic signs.
  • 10. Structure of population based on cultural signs.
  • 11. Introduction to natural reproduction of population - natality, mortality, population increase / decrease.
Literature
  • Životní cyklus : sociologické a demografické perspektivy. Edited by Dana Hamplová - Petra Šalamounová - Gabriela Šamanová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, 2006, 307 s. ISBN 8073300826. info
  • BAILEY, Adrian. Making population geography. London: Hodder Arnold, 2005, xiii, 226. ISBN 0340762640. info
  • ROWLAND, D. T. Demographic methods and concepts. 1st ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, xiv, 546. ISBN 0198752636. info
  • FIALOVÁ, Ludmila. Představy mladých lidí o manželství a rodičovství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2000, 163 s. ISBN 80-85850-87-7. info
  • 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
  • PAVLÍK, Zdeněk, Jitka RYCHTAŘÍKOVÁ and Alena ŠUBRTOVÁ. Základy demografie. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1986, 732 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Teaching methods - lectures, class discussion.
Assessment methods
Colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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