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Lecturer(s)
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Novotná Marie, Doc. RNDr. CSc.
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Course content
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Geography of a small region as a basis for a regional or local analysis. Hierarchical access to studying geographical space; Methods of regional research; Sources of data for a geographic analysis of a small region. Application of statistical information. Materials for a cartographic analysis - basic geographic methods and elaborating map outputs; Defining a region and a geographic location; Assessment of natural differentiation of an area (geological conditions and topography, climatic conditions: temperature, precipitation, weather, hydrological conditions, characteristics of soil, biogeographic characteristics of a small region). Assessment of a landscape application; Analysis of historical development; Population assessment (number of inhabitants and their distribution, biological structure, economic activities, cultural characteristics and movement of population); Settlements and their development (structure of settlements and their urban characteristics, housing stock quality); Analysis of branches of the economy (development and structure of the economy, characteristics of industry, agriculture, forestry and water management, extraction of minerals, labour market analysis); Transport networks and its usage. Transport accessibility; Technical infrastructure: electric wiring network, gas installation, phone installation, water supply and sewerage, sewage treatment plants, waste disposal issues); Social infrastructure assessment (school, medical, cultural and sport facilities); Natural limits and nature conservation, preservation of monuments, landscape planning documentation. Prerequisites for areas to be used in tourism; Selected tools for regulation of the development of a small region (regional politics, programmes of regional support of small and medium sized businesses, programmes of village renewal).
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Individual study, Field trip
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 30 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 22 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| to understand basic knowledge of the physiographic sphere, the Earth population and of the socioeconomic sphere small area - a municipality or a microregion |
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| process charts and graphs |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to elaborate geographic characteristics of a small region - a municipality or a micro-region; |
| to use data gained by means of the methods of the field and empiric research; |
| to join all the information in a geographic synthesis |
| to use statistical data; |
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| Using text for creating geographic characteristics of small areas |
| Using statistical resources for creating geographic characteristics of small areas |
| Using map resources for creating geographic characteristics of small areas |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Field trip |
| Individual study |
| Lecture with visual aids |
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| Lecture with visual aids |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Competences |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Textual studies |
| assessment methods |
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| Test |
| Seminar work |
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Recommended literature
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Úvod do geografického poznávání regionu. 1. vydání. Plzeň : Pedagogická fakulta, 1996. ISBN 80-7043-197-0.
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Dubcová, Alena et al. Mikrogeografia - krajina okolo nás.. Nitra, 2012. ISBN 978-80-558-0112-.
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Kopp, Jan. Úvod do regionálního výzkumu. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 2001. ISBN 80-7082-762-9.
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Mirvald, Stanislav. Metody geografického výzkumu. [Díl] I.. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Vydavatelství Západočeské univerzity, 1998. ISBN 80-7082-435-2.
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Novotná, Marie. GIS Nečtinsko. V Plzni : Západočeská univerzita, 2006. ISBN 80-7043-425-2.
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Winter, Jiří. Základy regionálního výzkumu : malá oblast. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Pedagogická fakulta Západočeské univerzity, 1993. ISBN 80-7043-085-0.
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