Z0147 Principles of regional geography

Faculty of Science
Autumn 1999
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Jaromír Karásek, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Stanislav Řehák, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Jaromír Karásek, CSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Jaromír Karásek, CSc.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Z0135 Earth-planet study && Z0051 Geomorphology && Z0087 Pedogeography and biogeography && Z0043 Populat. and settlem. geogr. 1
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
Syllabus
  • General definition of the region. Natural regions and regions in the human geography. Fundamental principles of regionalization.
  • Mutual relationships between natural landscape elements and factors. Relief and its influence upon the landscape elements.
  • Mutual relationships between natural landscape factors and cultural ones. Importance of relief for the human environment. Impacts of industrialisation and ruralization. Anthropogenic forms of relief and anthropogenic conditioned ones. Recultivation of the anthropogenic forms.
  • Regions in the human geography. Definition of region in the human geography. Homogenic regions and nodal ones. Additional types of regions (declared regions, problem regions). Regionalization in the human geography.
  • Structure and dynamics of regions in the human geography. Space discontinuity, continual and quasi-continual phenomena. Hierarchy, levels. Regions and diffusion.
  • Region in the political geography.
  • Perception of region, région vécu (conception of Frémont).
  • Regions in the EU.
  • Regionalization. Using of human regionalization in Czech geography.
Literature
  • BAŠOVSKÝ, Oliver and Viliam LAUKO. Úvod do regionálnej geografie. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladateľstvo, 1990, 118 s. ISBN 8008002786. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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