Z7041 Transport Systems

Faculty of Science
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Daniel Seidenglanz, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Tomáš Kubíček (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Daniel Seidenglanz, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Daniel Seidenglanz, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Mon 1. 3. to Fri 14. 5. Wed 16:00–16:50 Z6,02006
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
Z7041/01: Mon 1. 3. to Fri 14. 5. Wed 17:00–17:50 Z6,02006, T. Kubíček
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course introduces more sophisticated and complex topics from the field of Transport geography. Seminars focused on acquiring practical analytic methods are an integral part of the course.
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes can be summarized as follows: competence to analyze more complex geographic phenomena and processes in transportation; competence to apply more complex methods of research in transport geography; competence to interpret more complex results of research in transport geography.
Syllabus
  • 1. Transportation and city / urban regions.
  • 2. Transportation and monocentricity / polycentricity of settlement system.
  • 3. Analysis of transportation potential for monocentricity / polycentricity of settlement system in the Czech Republic.
  • 4. Geography of air transportation.
Literature
  • Transport : critical essays in human geography. Edited by Susan Hanson - Mei-po Kwan. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2008, xxv, 525. ISBN 9780754627036. info
  • Transport geographies : mobilities, flows, and spaces. Edited by R. D. Knowles - Jon Shaw - Iain Docherty. Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub., 2008, xxi, 293. ISBN 9781405153232. info
  • The geography of urban transportation. Edited by Susan Hanson - Genevieve Giuliano. 3rd ed. New York, N.Y.: The Guilford Press, 2004, xii, 419. ISBN 1593850557. 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
Teaching methods
Teaching methods - lectures, class discussion, homework.
Assessment methods
Check-up of elaborated papers. Written exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2004, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, spring 2018, Spring 2020.
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