Course: Geography of Services and Retail

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Course title Geography of Services and Retail
Course code KGG/GESLU
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Szczyrba Zdeněk, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Position of services in national economy, development stages of tertiarisation of society, globalisation of services, classification of services, localisation theory of services, localisation factors at global, regional and local level, geographical methods of assessment of service and spatial service systems, geography of retail, internationalisation and concentration of retail, possibilities of geographical research of retail.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
  • Attendace - 30 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 50 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 40 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to get the students acquainted with the basic terms and concepts of the geography of services and retail.
Students recall the basic terms of geography of services and retail.
Prerequisites
Knowledge within the scope compulsory subjects that precede this subject in the study plan.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Knowledge within the scope of lectures and recommended literature.
Recommended literature
  • Cuadrado-Roura, J.R. (ed.). (2013). Service industries and regions. Springer.
  • Daniels, P.W. (ed.). (1991). Services and metropolitan development: international perspectives. London: Routledge.
  • Guy, C. (1994). The retail development process: location, property and planning. London: Routledge.
  • Kraft, M., Mantrala, M.K. (eds.). (2010). Retailing in 21st century: current and future trends. Springer.
  • Križan, F., Lauko, V. (2014). Geografia maloobchodu: úvod do problematiky. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského.
  • Kunc, J. et al. (2013). Časoprostorové modely nákupního chování české populace. Brno: MUNI Press.
  • Spilková, J. (2012). Geografie maloobchodu a spotřeby: věda o nakupování. Praha: Karolinum.
  • Toušek, V., Kunc, J., & Vystoupil, J. (2008). Ekonomická a sociální geografie. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk.


Study plans that include the course
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