Course: Geography of Population and Settlement

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Course title Geography of Population and Settlement
Course code KGG/GEOB
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)
  • Halás Marián, prof. RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Course deals with fundamentals of the disciplines. The following topics are discussed: basic data sources; geographical distribution of population; natural population reproduction; migrations and other forms of spatial population mobility; social, economic and cultural population structure; population prognoses; historical development of settlement structure; urbanization process; delimitation of urban and rural settlements; functional classification of settlements; inner structure and organization of cities, rural settlement.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Demonstration
Learning outcomes
Fundaments in demography, pop. and settlement geography.
Recall basic terms and concepts used in geography of settlement and demography.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam, Written exam

Knowledge within the range of lectures and literature.
Recommended literature
  • Bašovský, O., Mládek, J. (1985). Geografie obyvatelstva a sídel. Bratislava: UK.
  • Carter, H. (1995). The study of urban geography. Hodder Arnold.
  • Hampl, M., Gardavský, V., Kühnl, K. (1987). Regionální struktura a vývoj systému osídlení v ČSR. Praha: PřF UK.
  • Horská, P., Maur, E., Musil, J. (2002). Zrod velkoměsta : Urbanizace českých zemí a Evropa. Praha - Litomyšl : Paseka.
  • Knox, P., Pinch, S. (2000). Urban social geography: an introduction. Prentice Hall.
  • Mládek, J. (1992). Základy geografie obyvatelstva. Bratislava: SPN.
  • Pavlík, Z., Kučera, M. (eds.). (2002). Populační vývoj České republiky 1990-2002. Praha: DemoArt.
  • Short, J. R. (1994). Lidská sídla. 1. díl Velké geografické encyklopedie. Praha: Nakladatelský dům OP.
  • Sýkora, L. (1993). Teoretické přístupy ke studiu města. In: Sýkora, L. (ed): Teoretické přístupy a vybrané problémy v současné geografii, s. 64-100. Praha: PřF UK.


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