Z0132 Urban and rural studies

Faculty of Science
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Alois Hynek, CSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Mgr. Gustav Novotný, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Vladimír Herber, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Thu 13:00–13:50 Z3,02045
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
Z0132/01: Thu 18:00–18:50 Z3,02045, G. Novotný
Z0132/02: Thu 19:00–19:50 Z3,02045, G. Novotný
Prerequisites (in Czech)
KREDITY_MIN(40)
Absolvování předmětů úvodního bloku Základy geografie a kartografie.
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 42 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/42, only registered: 0/42
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Urban and rural studies is an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary field of study which draws upon the perspectives of political science, history, economics, sociology, urban and rural planning, geography, landscape ecology, sustainability and others for its content. This multidisciplinary course will provide a broad overview of some of the changes in the Czech Republic with a particular focus on the city Tišnov and its surroundings. Theories and concepts from various fields are combined to provide the subject matter for this course. Competing viewpoints are presented to encourage students to formulate their own critical thinking about the information. Urban and rural studies are a field in which diverse viewpoints are common. This course will provide a framework in which complex urban/rural phenomena can be analyzed and understood.
Syllabus
  • 1. Social construction of geography, themes in regional policy 2. Transactional relations between cities/tors and rural settlement in regions: centres/nodes, semiperiphery and periphery, suburbanization and subruralization 3. Positivist, behavioural , structuralist and postrustruralist approaches 4. The option of urban economy – from goods production to services/finances 5. Urban socio- spatial structuration, social relations and spatial configurations 6. Urban environment: sustainability, security and their perception and imagination 7. Strategies and master plans, housing, free time, public participation 8. Urban situations and changes, power relations 9. Rural landscapes: physical , social, economic, cultural features 10. Social questions of rurality, countryside life style, development? 11. Rural future perspectives in diversity, sustainability and identity 12. Urban-rural relations, communication, barriers, second homes 13. Urban/rural spatial integration in regional sustainability
Literature
  • Suburbanizace a její sociální, ekonomické a ekologické důsledky. Edited by Luděk Sýkora. Praha: Ústav pro ekopolitiku, 2002, 191 s. : i. ISBN 80-901914-49-5. info
  • LÖW, Jiří and Igor MÍCHAL. Krajinný ráz. 1. vyd. Kostelec nad Černými Lesy: Lesnická práce, 2003, 552 s. ISBN 80-86386-27-9. info
  • GLÜCK, Alois and Holger MAGEL. Venkov má budoucnost. 1. vyd. Praha: Zemědělské nakladatelství Brázda, 1992, 230 s. ISBN 80-209-0235-X. info
  • BLAŽEK, Bohuslav. Venkov města média. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1998, 362 s. ISBN 80-85850-59-1. info
  • Hynek A., Hynek N., Řezník T., Karvánko P., 2005.Středozápadní Morava – periferie, nebo semiperiferie? In: Novotná M., ed., Problémy periferních oblastí. Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Přírodovědecká fakulta, s. 148-160. ISBN 80-86561-21-6 (184 s.)
  • SLEPIČKA, Alois. Přeměny venkova : /venkov našeho věku. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1989, 387 s. ISBN 8020500197. URL info
Teaching methods
development of intellectual, social and practical skills: numeracy and literacy, communication, computer literacy, graficacy and fieldwork, logical reasoning, team work, investigating and research, problem posing and solving
Assessment methods
The course methods include reading, lectures, field survey, audio-visual aids, class discussion, 2 students group projects (written and oral presentations), and final assessment. The condition for a successful finishing of the course is 80% attendance in the seminars.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, 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 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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