PřF:Z0046 Geography of Slovakia - Course Information
Z0046 Geography of Slovakia
Faculty of ScienceSpring 2022
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- RNDr. Vladimír Herber, CSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- RNDr. Vladimír Herber, CSc.
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
- Tue 16:00–16:50 Z4,02028
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- Z2012 Geography of the Czech Rep. || NOW( Z2012 Geography of the Czech Rep. )
- 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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 8 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- Slovakia is not only a state adjacent to Czech Republic. These both states are also interconnected by shared heritage (historical, cultural, political, demographical and others). The aim of the course is to introduce students to the comprehensive geographical overview of the territory of Slovakia, including its geology, relief, climate, hydrology, demography, settlement structure, transportation, regional disparities and development and many others.
- Learning outcomes
- The student will master the physical geography of Slovakia as well as the main features of the development of society and economy, including identical and different features in demography and transformation of the economy. He is acquainted with protected areas and with development preconditions fixed in the territory of a neighboring state.
- Syllabus
- Introduction: Territory of the State. Geographical situation of the Slovak Republic. Structure and Relief. The Climate of the Slovak Republic. The Hydrology: Soil Geography: The Biogeography. Protected Natural Territories. The development of population. Urbanisation of Slovakia, changes in settlement structure. The development of economy, the level of industrialisation, its problems and prospects, industry after 1989. Natural background and the development of Slovak agriculture, the disribution of agriculture, the transformation and the privatisation of agricultural production. General characteristics of the transport, natural and economic background for tourism and recreation. Economical regions of Slovakia, new administrative division.
- Literature
- LAUKO, Viliam. Fyzická geografia Slovenskej republiky. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Mapa Slovakia, 2003, 106 s. ISBN 8089080073. info
- Atlas krajiny Slovenskej republiky. Edited by László Miklós. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Ministerstvo životného prostredia SR, 2002, 342 s. ISBN 80-88833-27-2. info
- PORUBSKÝ, Antonín. Vodné bohatstvo Slovenska. 1. vyd. Bratislava: VEDA vydavateľstvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, 1991, 318 s. ISBN 8022401072. info
- Atlas Slovenskej socialistickej republiky. Bratislava: Slovenská akadémia vied, 1980.
- KOREC, Pavol. Kraje a okresy Slovenska :nové administratívne členenie. Vyd. 1. Bratislava: Q111, 1997, 392 s. ISBN 80-85401-58-4. info
- PLESNÍK, Pavol. Malá slovenská vlastiveda. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Obzor, 1989, 398 s. ISBN 8021500212. info
- LAUKO, Viliam. Školský atlas :Slovenská republika. 1. vyd. Harmanec: Vojenský kartografický ústav, 1999, 48 s. ISBN 80-8042-156-0. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, e-learning and seminars. During the course, students prepare and present (individualy or in groups) their own research projects aimed at the selected geographical aspects of Slovakia.
- Assessment methods
- Kolokvium - rozprava k vybrané geografické problematice.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
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