PřF:Z0044 Urban geography - Course Information
Z0044 Urban geography
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2020
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Ondřej Mulíček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martin Vrána (seminar tutor) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Ondřej Mulíček, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Ondřej Mulíček, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science - Timetable
- Tue 10:00–11:50 Z3,02045
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- KREDITY_MIN(40)
- 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 35 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/35, only registered: 0/35 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 17 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to introduce the basic theoretical concepts and models used in settlement geography - they are employed to depict the development of the European and Czech settlement system. Furthermore, the current state of Czech and European settlements is presented and discussed as well as the processes and actors of current settlement changes.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, the student will:
- know the concepts and theories used to describe the settlement system;
- be able to analyze and interpret the hierarchical and functional organization of the settlement system;
- have an overview of the development and state of the Czech and European settlement system;
- be able to design and evaluate settlement planning interventions and activities. - Syllabus
- Content of lectures:
- 1. research subject of settlement geography, settlement systems - definitions, properties, scale
- 2. study of settlement system, hierarchies and networks
- 3. static models and theories of settlement systems, central place theory, rank-size models
- 4. dynamic models and theories of settlement systems, colonization models, Gibrat’s model and evolutional theories
- 5. historical development of the European settlement system, Braudel, de Vries
- 6. modern European urbanization, differential urbanization
- 7. non-European settlement systems
- 8. historical development of the Czech settlement system
- 9. the current state of the settlement of the Czech Republic, processes and changes
- 10. settlement policies and planning actions
- Literature
- HAMPL, Martin. Geografická organizace společnosti v České republice : transformační procesy a jejich obecný kontext. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 2005, 147 s. ISBN 808674602X. info
- LE GALÈS, Patrick. European cities : social conflicts and governance. 1st publ. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002, vii, 328. ISBN 0199252785. info
- International handbook of urban systems : studies of urbanization and migration in advanced and developing countries. Edited by H. S. Geyer. Northampton, MA, USA: E. Elgar Pub., 2002, xxviii, 61. ISBN 1840649003. info
- Handbook of urban studies. Edited by Ronan Paddison. 1st pub. London: SAGE Publications, 2001, xvii, 494. ISBN 0-8039-7695-X. info
- HAMPL, Martin, Václav GARDAVSKÝ and Karel KÜHNL. Regionální struktura a vývoj systému osídlení ČSR. Vyd. 1. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1987, 255 s. URL info
- Teaching methods
- Teaching methods - lectures, class discussion, homework.
- Assessment methods
- Check-up of elaborated seminar papers.
Present exam: written test
Distant exam: test, completed via Information system - Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2020, recent)
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