Z0044 Population and settlement geography 2

Faculty of Science
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Milan Jeřábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Hlisnikovský (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
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
Timetable
Mon 18. 2. to Fri 17. 5. Tue 14:00–15:50 Z5,02004
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
Z0044/01: Mon 18. 2. to Fri 17. 5. Thu 17:00–17:50 Z3,02045, P. Hlisnikovský
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Z0043 Population geography
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
This course is continuation of the course Population and settlement geography 1. Seminars focused on acquiring practical analytical methods are an integral part of the course.
Learning outcomes
The graduate is focused on settlement issues, he knows the processes influencing the territorial distribution of the population, both in the general and the concrete level.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction - science discipline (opposite city-countryside, discipline development, classification, methods) 2. Settlement space (ecumene and its boundaries, types / forms of settlements, location, natural potential) 3. Housing (characteristics / criteria / types, urban development and categorization, countryside) 4. Development (rural) settlement (tribal areas, colonization in Europe / Czech lands) 5. Venues - space - settlements (typology, perception, specifics, approaches, community, quality of life) 6. Population / urban development in Central Europe (transformation, Middle Ages, Modern Times, post-war period) 7. Urbanization (city headquarters, approaches, inner city structure, distribution of population, present) 8. Urbanization of Czech Lands (Horizontal / Vertical Position, Urban Growth, Center System) 9. Suburbanization (CZ) (background, spatial development, urban sprawl, environment - eg physical) 10. Current population development processes (suburbium and post-, redevelopment, gentrification, models, city functions) 11. Metropolitan regions (historical development, current situation, elements, examples, models)
Literature
  • DRBOHLAV, Dušan. Migrace a (i)migranti v Česku : kdo jsme, odkud přicházíme, kam jdeme? Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), 2010, 207 s. ISBN 9788074190391. info
  • 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
  • MOŽNÝ, Ivo. Rodina a společnost. Illustrated by Vladimír Jiránek. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2006, 311 s. ISBN 808642958X. 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
  • RABUŠIC, Ladislav. Kde ty všechny děti jsou? (Where have all the children gone?). I. Praha: SLON, 2001, 261 pp. EDICE STUDIE. ISBN 80-86429-01-6. 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
  • MLÁDEK, Jozef. Základy geografie obyvatel'stva. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladatel'stvo, 1992, 230 s. ISBN 8008007680. info
  • MARYÁŠ, Jaroslav, Stanislav ŘEHÁK, Václav TOUŠEK and Jiří VYSTOUPIL. Atlas obyvatelstva ČSSR. In Sborník referátů k XVII sjezdu Československé geografické společnosti. Svazek II. Brno: Geografický ústav ČSAV, 1987, p. 229-235. 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, homework.
Assessment methods
Check-up of elaborated seminar papers.
Oral exam (topics from courses Population and settlement geography 1 and Population and settlement geography 2 are examined together).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
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, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, 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 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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