Lecturer(s)
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Frantál Bohumil, RNDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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unspecified
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Projection (static, dynamic)
- Semestral Work
- 20 hours per semester
- Homework for Teaching
- 20 hours per semester
- Attendace
- 20 hours per semester
- Preparation for the Course Credit
- 30 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The course introduces students to the problematics and discussion on the topical issues of the geography of energy, which deals with spatial relations, environmental aspects and social and economic contexts of production, distribution and consumption of energy as fundamental determinants of all human activities.
Students completing the course will be able to discussion of current issues and problems of geography energy with emphasis on spatial relationships and taking into account environmental aspects. The acquired knowledge should allow students make informed decisions bout energy and understand how those decisions may influence both their personal life as well as life in broader community.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance, Seminar Work
Knowledge within the range of lectures and literature.
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Recommended literature
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Cetkovský, S., Frantál, B., & Štekl, J. (2010). Větrná energie v České republice: hodnocení prostorových vztahů, environmentálních aspektů a socioekonomických souvislostí. Brno: Ústav geoniky AV ČR.
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Němcová, P. (2010). Co přineslo využívání obnovitelných zdrojů energie českým obcím? Souhrnná zpráva o zkušenostech venkovských obcí vlastnících zařízení na produkci elektřiny a tepla z obnovitelných zdrojů energie. Brno: Trast pro ekonomiku a společnost.
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Pasqualetti, M. J. (2011). The Geography of Energy and the Wealth of the World. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 101, 4, 971-980.
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Smil, V. Fakta a mýty o energetice: jak vrátit debatu o energetice zpátky na zem. Ostrava: Moravskoslezský dřevařský klastr.
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Solomon, B.D., Pasqualetti, M.J., Luchsinger, D.A. (2003). Energy Geography. In: Gaile, G. and Willmott, C. (eds.) Geography in America at the Dawn of the 21st Century. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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