Z0041 Geography of transportation

Faculty of Science
Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Daniel Seidenglanz, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Daniel Seidenglanz, Ph.D.
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 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/60, only registered: 0/60
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course introduce basic topics from the field of Transport geography. Seminars focused on acquiring practical analytic methods (graph theory, measures of accessibility and transport services etc.) are an integral part of the course. Learning outcomes can be summarized as follows: competence to analyze basic geographic phenomenons and processes in transportation; competence to apply basic methods of research in transport geography; competence to interpret basic results of research in transport geography.
Syllabus
  • Lectures:
  • 1. Introduction (transportation and geography).
  • 2. Development of transportation.
  • 3. Basic concepts in transport geography.
  • 4. Transportation modes.
  • 5. Transportation terminals.
  • 6. Transportation and economic development, transportation and spatial organization, transportation and location, transportation and environment.
  • 7. Transport policy.
Literature
  • KUNC, Josef, Václav TOUŠEK, Jiří VYSTOUPIL, Petr DANĚK, Pavel KLAPKA, Ondřej MULÍČEK, Daniel SEIDENGLANZ, Zdeněk SZCZYRBA, Michal VANČURA, Antonín VĚŽNÍK, Milan VITURKA and Petr TONEV. Ekonomická a sociální geografie (Economic and social geography). 1. vydání. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, s.r.o., 2008, 411 pp. učebnice vysokých škol. ISBN 978-80-7380-114-4. info
  • COMTOIS, Claude and Brian SLACK. The geography of transport systems. Edited by Jean-Paul Rodrigue. London: Routledge, 2006, ix, 284. ISBN 0203001117. info
  • BRINKE, Josef. Úvod do geografie dopravy. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1999, 112 s. ISBN 8071849235. info
  • Modern transport geography. Edited by B. S. Hoyle - R. D. Knowles. 2nd, rev. ed. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1998, viii, 374. ISBN 0471977772. info
  • ŘEHÁK, Stanislav. Aktuální problémy České republiky 6. díl: doprava. sv. 6. Ostrava: Scholaforum, 1997, 25 pp. ISBN 80-86058-43-3. info
  • MIRVALD, Stanislav. Geografie dopravy. Vyd. 1. Plzeň: Západočeská univerzita, 1993, 80 s. ISBN 80-7043-084-2. info
Teaching methods
Teaching methods - lectures, class discussion, homeworks.
Assessment methods
Check-up of elaborated seminars. Oral exam (discussion).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.