Course: Landscape and environment

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Course title Landscape and environment
Course code KGE/KZP-D
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 10
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)
  • Vitvar Tomáš, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Zágoršek Kamil, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified

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
Basics of landscape ecology resp. landscape science as a basic interdisciplinary subject that studies the landscape sphere. Definition of landscape and its structure, compositional components of landscape. Landscape units at different hierarchical levels. Natural and anthropogenic processes of landscape development. Ecological stability of the landscape, biodiversity in the landscape. Landscape typology, natural and cultural landscape. Types of landscape in the Czech Republic and in Europe, current trends in the development of the cultural landscape. Landscape use, land use and land cover and their importance for the functioning of the landscape. Application of landscape ecological knowledge in landscape planning: ecological networks in the landscape, protection of landscape character, landscape creation programs.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Oral presentation of self-study

Recommended literature
  • Forman, R.T.T., Godron, M. Krajinná ekologie. Praha, 1993. ISBN 80-200-0464-5.
  • Lipský, Z. Krajinná ekologie pro studenty geografických oborů. Karolinum Praha, 1998. ISBN 80-7184-545-0.
  • Nováček, P., Huba, M., Mederly, P. Ohrožená planeta na prahu 21. století. Olomouc, 1998.
  • SKLENIČKA, P. Základy krajinného plánování. Praha, 2003. ISBN 80-903206-1-9.


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