Z5402 Geography of rural, peripheral and border regions

Faculty of Science
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Milan Jeřábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Milan Jeřábek, Ph.D.
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
Tue 11:00–11:50 Z4,02028
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
Z5402/01: Tue 12:00–12:50 Z4,02028, M. Jeřábek
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.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course introduces the basic approaches used in the evaluation of territorial differentiation. Attention will be paid to the less-favored areas, ie rural areas, peripheries and border areas. The issue will be examined comprehensively and at all hierarchical levels.
Learning outcomes
The graduate of the course is familiar with the issue of territorial differentiation from a geographical / complex point of view. They master theoretical approaches, they can connect them to the level of practical regional policy by the public administration.
Syllabus
  • 1. Territorial differentiation, regional disparities, polarization, dichotomy, continuum, hierarchy 2. Geographical position, horizontal and vertical division, delimitation, boundaries and oscillations 3. Endogenous potential, lifestyle, standard of living, conceptual / strategic documents, state / regional interventionism 4. Suburbanization of rural areas, hinterland, suburban areas, non-metropolitan areas, settlements and landscape 5. Specifics / peculiarities of rural areas, local / rural community / community, second housing 6. Examples of rural, global, European, national, regional, local solutions 7. Core - semiperifery - periphery - marginal region 8. Peripherals of positional, semantic, ecological, external and internal periphery 9. Examples of peripheral solutions at global, European, national, regional, local level 10. Border, border, inland, internal and external border 11. European integration and euroregions, cross-border cooperation 12. Examples of borderland solutions at global, European, national, regional, local level
Literature
    required literature
  • PERLÍN, Radim and Martina HUPKOVÁ. Venkovy a venkované : doprovodná publikace k výstavě Venkovy a venkované. 2. vyd. Praha: Ministerstvo pro místní rozvoj ČR, 2011, 11 s. ISBN 9788087147313. info
  • DRÁPELA, Emil. Marginální oblasti na území ČR a jejich vývoj v prostoru a čase. V Brně: Centrum dopravního výzkumu, v. v. i., 2011. ISBN 978-80-86502-36-6.
  • JEŘÁBEK, Milan, Jaroslav DOKOUPIL a Tomáš HAVLÍČEK. České pohraničí: bariéra nebo prostor zprostředkování?. Praha: Academia, 2004. ISBN 80-200-1051-3.
    recommended literature
  • BERNARD, Josef, Tomáš KOSTELECKÝ, Renáta MIKEŠOVÁ, Jiří ŠAFR, Lucie TRLIFAJOVÁ a Jakob HURRLE. Nic se tady neděje...: životní podmínky na periferním venkově. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), 2018. Studie. ISBN 978-80-7419-274-6.
  • MAJEROVÁ, Věra a Irena HEROVÁ. Český venkov 2008: proměny venkova. Praha: Česká zemědělská univerzita, c2009. ISBN 978-80-213-1911-0.
  • ŠŤASTNÁ, Milada, Antonín VAISHAR, Hana VAVROUCHOVÁ, Iva KŘENOVSKÁ, Mária PÁKOZDIOVÁ a Jana ŽITŇÁKOVÁ. Změny krajiny na okraji velkých měst. Je suburbanizovaný venkov ještě venkovem?. Brno: Mendelova univerzita v Brně, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7375-768-7.
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, homework
Assessment methods
Check-up of elaborated seminar papers. Written exam (test).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2023, recent)
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