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Course: Development Theories, Regional Aspects of Development

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Course title Development Theories, Regional Aspects of Development
Course code MRS/PGSTR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 10
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Nováček Pavel, doc. RNDr. CSc.
  • Toušek Václav, doc. RNDr. CSc.
  • Pánek Jiří, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Selecting appropriate criteria for the definition of poor or structurally affected areas. Selecting optimal instruments of regional policy used to address limitations in the area. Methods of social and economic geographic research in the context of current practical applications. Methods of analysis and synthesis of social and economic geographic information, including methods of collecting primary geographic data, using statistical methods (eg. multivariate analysis).

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course introduces students to regional development and regional policy. Special attention will be given to evolutionary phases of regional policy in developed countries.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Blažek, J., Uhlíř, D. (2002). Teorie regionálního rozvoje : nástin, kritika, klasifikace. Praha: Karolinum.
  • Brandt, H. Otzen, U. (2007). Poverty oriented agricultural and rural development. London, Routledge.
  • Hendl, J. (2005). Kvalitativní výzkum. Praha.
  • Heřmanová, E. (1991). Vybrané vícerozměrné statistické metody v geografii. Praha: SPN.
  • Isard, W. (1998). Methods of Interregional and Regional Analysis. Aldershot: Ashgate.
  • Kolektiv. (2006). Strategie reginálního rozvoje České republiky. Praha: MMR ČR.
  • Krugman, P. (1995). Development, geography, and economic theory. Cambridge and London: The MIT Press.
  • Potter, R. B. (2008). Geographies of development: an introduction to development studies. London: Prentice Hall.
  • Preston, P.W. (1996). Development Theory. An Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell.
  • Rajčáková, E. (2005). Regionálny rozvoj a regionálna politika. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského.


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Palacký University Olomouc, date of update: 23.06.2025 23:55. Data created for academic year 2024/2025