ZA0043 Population geography

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Milan Jeřábek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jiří Malý, 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 14:00–15:50 Z4,02028
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PROGRAM(N-AN) || PROGRAM(N-ANT)
NE
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: 2/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is an introduction to basic approaches to the spatial analysis of population distribution, its composition and development.
Learning outcomes
The graduate of the course focuses on population issues from a geographic / complex point of view, namely development and number, structure, movement and basic population processes at different hierarchical levels.
Syllabus
  • Lectures:
  • 1. Introduction. History of the discipline.
  • 2. Data sources, availibility of data (history of population censuses and registration).
  • 3. Antropogenesis. Distribution of population on Earth. Racial differentiation.
  • 4. Development of world population (history, future).
  • 5. Distribution of population with respect to natural and social environment.
  • 6. Methods of analysis of population distribution.
  • 7. Introduction to demography: demographic data a indicators, time in demographic analysis.
  • 8. Age and sex structure of population.
  • 9. Structure of population based on economic signs.
  • 10. Structure of population based on cultural signs.
  • 11. Introduction to natural reproduction of population - natality, mortality, population increase / decrease.
Literature
  • Životní cyklus : sociologické a demografické perspektivy. Edited by Dana Hamplová - Petra Šalamounová - Gabriela Šamanová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, 2006, 307 s. ISBN 8073300826. info
  • FIALOVÁ, Ludmila. Představy mladých lidí o manželství a rodičovství. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2000, 163 s. ISBN 80-85850-87-7. info
  • ROUBÍČEK, Vladimír. Úvod do demografie. 1. vyd. Praha: CODEX Bohemia, 1997, 348 s. ISBN 80-85963-43-4. info
  • PAVLÍK, Zdeněk, Jitka RYCHTAŘÍKOVÁ and Alena ŠUBRTOVÁ. Základy demografie. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1986, 732 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Teaching methods - lectures, class discussion.
Assessment methods
Group discussion.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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