Z0081 Spatial social and economic information

Faculty of Science
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/2. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Václav Toušek, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Palasová (seminar tutor)
RNDr. Ondřej Šerý, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Václav Toušek, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Wed 16:00–16:50 Z4,02028
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
Z0081/01: Tue 16:00–17:50 Z1,01001b, P. Palasová, O. Šerý
Z0081/02: Thu 17:00–18:50 Z1,01001b, P. Palasová, O. Šerý
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 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Course follows courses Statistical methods and data processing and Method of geographical research. Students will be acquainted with past and present spatial social-economic information, which can be used in regional geographic research. Emphasis will be put on issues of data comparability, their territorial detail including accessibility, objectivity and representativeness. In seminar students will be acquainted with techniques of processing of spatial social-economic information including methods of multivariate analysis and with techniques of sample surveys.
Syllabus
  • 1. Social-economic information and possibilities of their use in regional geographic research 2. Contemporary legislation: act on statistics and act on security of individual data 3. Czech statistical office and other Czech institutions, which collect and process spatial information, data of Eurostat, UN, publication and their accessibility 4. Demographic statistics: population and its structure – censuses, continuous population statistics, projections 5. Population movement: natural, migration, labour, education, services, recreation commuting 6. Population employment and unemployment – labour force sample survey, data of Administration of employment services 7. Flats and houses, their construction, second homes 8. Information on industrial production, indexes, ways of their construction 9. Information on agricultural production, indexes, ways of their construction 10. Information on non-productive sphere – emphasis will be put on data on retail, education, health and social care 11. Transport geographic information and their processing 12. Techniques of sample surveys – interview, enquiry, questionnaire survey, selection of respondents, question formulation, representativeness, interpretation 13. Set up of concrete questionnaires according to survey objectives: population, municipalities, enterprises
Literature
  • Ivanička, K.: Úvod do ekonomicko- geografického výskumu. SNTL, Bratislava, 1971
  • Heřmanová, E.: Vybrané vícerozměrné statistické metody v geografii, SPN, Praha, 1991
  • ISARD, Walter. Methods of interregional and regional analysis. Aldershot: Ashgate, 1998, xxiii, 490. ISBN 1-85972-410-8. info
  • BRÁZDIL, Rudolf. Statistické metody v geografii : cvičení. 3. vyd. Brno: Vydavatelství Masarykovy univerzity, 1995, 177 s. ISBN 8021012609. info
Teaching methods
Course takes place in the computer room. Lectures let the students know of sources of spatial social-economic information and examples of its use in the regional geographical research. Seminars are concerned with model areas cases.
Assessment methods
assessment of 12 protocols, concluding test on PC
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2000, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, 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.
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