PřF:Z0100 Regional geography of America - Course Information
Z0100 Regional geography of the World - America
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2006
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Máčka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Antonín Věžník, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michal Šrubař (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- RNDr. Vladimír Herber, CSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Antonín Věžník, CSc. - Timetable
- Wed 10:00–11:50 A,01026
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
Z0100/02: Wed 17:00–17:50 Z3, M. Šrubař - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- KREDITY_MIN(100) || PROGRAM(N-GR) || 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 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Biology (programme PřF, N-BI)
- Physical Geography (programme PřF, N-GK)
- Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, M-GR, specialization Physical Geography)
- Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, M-GR, specialization Regional Geography and Regional Planning)
- Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, M-GR, specialization Socio-Economic Geography)
- Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, N-GR, specialization Physical Geography)
- Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, N-GR, specialization Regional Geography and Regional Planning)
- Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, N-GR, specialization Socio-Economic Geography)
- Geography and Cartography with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-BI)
- Geography and Cartography with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-GK)
- Geography and Cartography with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-IO)
- Geography and Cartography with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-MA)
- Geography (programme PřF, B-GK, specialization Physical Geography)
- Geography (programme PřF, B-GK, specialization Human Geography)
- Regional Geography and Regional Planning (programme PřF, N-GK)
- Social Geography (programme PřF, N-GK)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Biology and Geology (programme PřF, M-BI)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Biology (programme PřF, M-BI)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Biology (programme PřF, N-BI)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, M-GR)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Geography and Cartography (programme PřF, N-GK)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Mathematics (programme PřF, M-MA)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Mathematics (programme PřF, N-MA)
- Course objectives (in Czech)
- Základním cílem předmětu je studium regionálně geografických diferencí studovaného kontinentu. Postupně jsou analyzovány všechny složky přírodního i sociálně-ekonomického prostředí. Na příkladu vybraných států, ev. makroregionů jsou blíže osvětleny některé specifické problémy kontinentu. Součásti semináře je samostatná práce posluchačů na vybraných regionálně geografických problémech
- Syllabus
- General characteristic of continents. Ground features of geological structure. Relief and drainage of North America. Relief and drainage of South America. Clima of North America. Clima of South America. Soils, vegetation and animals of american continents. Regional Policy, transnational Integrations The Region and its Characteristics among following pattern: - The historical development - Population, developments of population, structure of population.. - Settlements and theirs typology, towns and Rural settlement - Economy of Region, Natural resources of raw materials - Industry, generally Characteristics - Agricultural, The natural Conditions of Agriculture, Plant production, Animal production - Forestry, Fishering - Transport, The generally Characteristics - Tourism and recreation, Services - The Commerce, Foreign Trade - Economic regions
- Literature
- BAAR, Vladimír and Petr ŠINDLER. Regionální geografie světadílů a oceánů. [D] 2. Č. 2, Amerika, Antarktida, oceány. 1. vyd. V Ostravě: Pedagogická fakulta v Ostravě, 1989, 231 s. info
- BAAR, Vladimír. Anglosaská Severní Amerika. 1. vyd. Ostrava: Ateliér Milata, 1994, 162 s. info
- GARDNER, Philip. Encyklopedie Zeměpis světa. Edited by Graham Bateman - Victoria Egan, Translated by Marta Bušková. V Praze: Columbus, 1994, 512 s. ISBN 8071760226. info
- Geografický místopisný slovník světa. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1993, 924 s. ISBN 8020004459. info
- AGNEW, John and Paul L. KNOX. The Geography of the world economy :an introduction to economic geography. 2nd ed. London: Arnold, 1994, 436 s. ISBN 0-340-59575-2. info
- Mocko,Z. a kol. Hospodárská geografie. VŠE Bratislava,1991
- VOTÝPKA, Jan and Jaroslava JANOUŠOVÁ. Severní Amerika. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1987, 420 s. URL info
- Assessment methods (in Czech)
- účast ne seminářích je povinná, podmínka pro udělení zápočtu - aktivní vystoupení a obhájení refrátu. Zkouška má dvě části písemnou a ústní.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2006, recent)
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