Z8309 Anthropogeomorphology

Faculty of Science
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Máčka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Máčka, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Máčka, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
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
Position of anthropogenic geomorphology, the state of art of the discipline in Czech Republic and in the world. Direct and indirect human impact on landforms. Methodological approaches. Impact of economical activities upon the endogenic processes (redistribution of static and dynamic pressures in landforms and bedrock). Impact of economical activities upon the exogenic processes (acceleration and retardation of erosional and depositional processes). Weathering, aeolian, lacustrine and maririne processes - examples of human impact. Anhropogenic geomorphological processes and landforms. Anthropogenic weathering, degradation, agradation, transport, recultivation. Genetic classification of anthropogenic processes and landforms (morphogenetic approach). In detail will be discussed mining, river engineering, industrial, transportational, urban landforms. Mentioned will be also military, festiv, funeral nad recreational landforms. Maps of anthropogenic landforms, possibilities of assessment nad application. Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to understand the human impact on the landforms
Learning outcomes
By completing this course student: P> - has information on the position of anthropogenic geomorphology and current state of the art in the world and in the world
- is able to characterize the influence of endogenous geomorphological processes on economic activity
- is able to characterize the influence of exogenous geomorphological processes
- characterizes anthropogenic geomorphological processes and shapes
Syllabus
  • Significance, definition, division Terminological problems of anthropogenic geomorphology Classification of anthropogenic landforms General development of human impact upon the landforms Important prehistoric impacts of humans upon landforms Impact upon endogenic and exogenic processes Anthropogenic landforms Anthropogenic relief and possebilities of its assessment
  • Seminars are organized in the form of field excursionsin the vicinity of Brno
Literature
  • DEMEK, Jaromír. Obecná geomorfologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1987, 476 s. URL info
  • ZEMAN, Antonín and Jaromír DEMEK. Kvartér : geologie a geomorfologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1984, 192 s. info
  • BEZVODOVÁ, Bohumila, Jaromír DEMEK and Antonín ZEMAN. Metody kvarterně geologického a geomorfologického výzkumu. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1985, 207 s. info
Teaching methods
95/5000 Lecture and exercises from anthropogenic geomorphology as well as field trips to Brno
Assessment methods
Subject is finished by the oral examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2004, Spring 2006, Spring 2009, Spring 2011, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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