Course: Human Geography 1

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Course title Human Geography 1
Course code KGE/HG1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Fárek Martin, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Böhm Hynek, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Boháč Artur, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Introduction to human geography 2. Development and distribution of the world's population 3. Demographic structures and dynamics of demographic processes 4. Demographic transitions and forecasts 5. Religious and linguistic structure of the world 6. Geography of population of the Czech Republic 7. Urban development 8. Global cities 9. Megalopolises 10. Detroit, Dubai 11. Geography of cities and towns of the Czech Republic 12. Geography of Liberec 13. Rural geography

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments)
Learning outcomes
The subject is human geography, which, together with the physical and regional geography is one of the fundamental pillars of professional geographic education, in the first part with an emphasis on geography, population and settlement

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Combined examination

Recommended literature
  • FEREIRA, M. Lidé. 2004.
  • LeGATES, R., STOUT, F. The City Reader.. 2009.
  • MURGAŠ, F. Základy humánní geografie 1. Geografie obyvatelstva a sídel. Liberec. ISBN 978-80-7494-299-0.
  • RUBENSTEIN, J. Contemporary Human Geography. 2010.
  • TOUŠEK, V., KUNC, J., VYSTOUPIL, J. Ekonomická a sociální geografie. 2008.


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