Course: Seminar in Geography of Transportation

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Course title Seminar in Geography of Transportation
Course code KGG/SEDOP
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
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
The field of interest of transport - geographical research; transport networks; transport location, transport accessibility and transport services; contemporary trends in transport; transport policy and transport planning; transport and sustainable development; transport in cities; excursion to the select professional institutions.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Observation
Learning outcomes
The aim of the seminar is to introduce the practical aspects and transport's issues, the basics of transport - geographical research and its use in solving actual not only transport's issues to students.
Explain relations in geography of transportation, deepen active knowledge.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance, Systematic Observation of Student, Seminar Work

Elaboration of seminar work, its presentation, passing a written test.
Recommended literature
  • časopis Doprava.
  • Dopravní politika v Evropě z pohledu NGO's, sborník příspěvků.
  • Brinke, J. (1999). Úvod do geografie dopravy. Praha: PřF UK.
  • 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.
  • Řehák, S. (1997). Aktuální problémy ČR : Díl 6, Doprava. Ostrava: Scholaforum.
  • 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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