PřF:Z8309 Anthropogeomorphology - Course Information

Z8309 Anthropogeomorphology

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Karel Kirchner, CSc. (lecturer), doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Máčka, Ph.D. (deputy)
RNDr. Eva Slabá (seminar tutor)
Zbyněk Cincibus (assistant)
Mgr. et Mgr. Iva Raclavská, DiS. (assistant)

Guaranteed by

doc. RNDr. Karel Kirchner, 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

Mon 9:00–10:50 Z5,02004

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

Z8309/01: Tue 17:00–18:50 Z2,01032, E. Slabá

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 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Physical geography (programme PřF, N-FYG)
• Physical Geography (programme PřF, N-GK)

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)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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