Ze0152 Landscape Science

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Peter Mackovčin, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Peter Mackovčin, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Wed 19:00–19:50 učebna 51
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
Ze0152/01: Wed 18:00–18:50 učebna 10, P. Mackovčin
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge about the natural landscape components - atmosphere, waters, land forms, geological structure, soils and biota.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to explain the time/space integration and relationships of components and elements of the natural landscape and the territorial structure and functioning of natural and present landscapes. Another learning outcome of the course unit is to teach students to construct basic landscape models: landscape profile and landscape map.
Learning outcomes
Students should be able to understand and explain the time/space integration and relationships of components and elements of the natural landscape. and the territorial structure and functioning of natural and present landscapes. Students understand the content of landscape strutures (natural, economic, human and spiritual), their differences and interrelationships. They can identify the processes that sustain their existence. The knowledge can be used in practical life for the right decision-making in the territory.
Syllabus
  • Introduction
  • 1. Lanscape science, geoecology and landscape ecology
  • 2. Basic properties of landscape systems (geosystems)
  • 3. Landscape - the term and features
  • 4. Static features of landscapes
  • 5. Dynamic features of landscapes
  • 6. Landscape models, maps and crossections
  • 7. Human impacts on landscapes
  • 8. Construction of basic landscape models: landscape crosssection and landscape map
Literature
    required literature
  • KOLEJKA, Jaromír. Nauka o krajině : pro studující geografie magisterských učitelských oborů. 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014. 129 stran. ISBN 9788021066595
    recommended literature
  • KOLEJKA, Jaromír. Nauka o krajině : geografický pohled a východiska. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2013, 439 s. ISBN 9788020022011. info
  • LIPSKÝ, Zdeněk. Krajinná ekologie : pro studenty geografických oborů. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1998. 129 s. ISBN 8071845450.
  • FORMAN, Richard T. T. a Michel GODRON. Krajinná ekologie. Translated by Jan Těšitel. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1993. 583 s. ISBN 8020004645
    not specified
  • SÁDLO, Jiří, Petr POKORNÝ, Pavel HÁJEK, Dagmar DRESLEROVÁ and Václav CÍLEK. Krajina a revoluce : významné přelomy ve vývoji kulturní krajiny českých zemí. Vyd. 1. Praha: Malá Skála, 2005, 247 stran. ISBN 8086776026. info
  • ŽIGRAI, Florin. Krajina a jej využivanie. Vyd. 1. Brno: Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyně v Brně, 1983, 131 s. info
  • HADAČ, Emil. Krajina a lidé : úvod do krajinné ekologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1982, 152 s. info
  • DRDOŠ, Ján. Geoekológia a environmentalistika. 1. vyd. Prešov: Prešovská univerzita, 1999, 152 s. ISBN 80-88722-69-1. info
  • SCHAMA, Simon. Krajina a paměť. Translated by Petr Pálenský. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2007, 702 s. ISBN 9788073630713. info
  • KLVAČ, Pavel. Člověk-krajina-krajinný ráz (Man-Landscape-Landscape Character). 2008. info
  • MIKLÓS, László and Zita IZAKOVIČOVÁ. Krajina ako geosystém. 1. vyd. Bratislava: VEDA, vydavatel'stvo Slovenskej akadémie vied, 1997, 152 s. ISBN 8022405191. info
  • LÖW, Jiří and Igor MÍCHAL. Krajinný ráz (Landscape view). 1st ed. Kostelec nad černými lesy: Lesnická práce, 2003, 552 pp. ISBN 80-86386-27-9. info
Teaching methods
lectures, seminary, individual work
Assessment methods
For completing this course successfully, it is necessary to pass a writen test, min 10,5 points (twelve questions, á 60% of the total points). An acceptance of correct landscape map is the condition as well.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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