Course: Geography of Transportation

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Course title Geography of Transportation
Course code KGG/GEDP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
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)
  • Hercik Jan, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Transport and mobility - the position in the field of geography, the importance of transport; historical development of transport and contemporary position of transport in modern society; the inner structuring of transport, expense transportation and location factors in transport; transport networks; the main means of transport; transport in cities and in provincial areas; transport policy and transport planning; sustainable transport; telecommunication and traffic channels.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to introduce the basics of geography of transport to students.
Recall basic terms and concepts used in geography of trasportation.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Written exam

Passing the final written test.
Recommended literature
  • časopis Doprava.
  • Dopravní politika v Evropě z pohledu NGO's, sborník příspěvků.
  • Journal of Transport Geography.
  • Ročenky dopravy.
  • Brinke, J. (1999). Úvod do geografie dopravy. Praha: PřF UK.
  • Hoyle, B., Knowles, R. eds. (1998). Modern transport geography. Chichester : John Wiley and Sons.
  • Nuhn, H., Hesse, M. (2006). Verkehrsgeographie. Paderborn : Ferdinand Schöning.
  • Rodrigue, J.-P., Comtois, C., Slack, B. (2009). The Georaphy of Transport Systems. New York : Routledge.
  • Tolley, R., Turton, B. (1999). Transport Systems, Policy and Planning: A Geographical Approach. Longman.
  • Toušek, V., Kunc, J., Vystoupil, J. (eds.). (2008). Ekonomická a sociální geografie. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk.


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