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Ukončeno v akademickém roce 2020/2021

Geography of Europe

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 118-0311/05
Abbreviation GEOEVR
Course title Geography of Europe
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Regional and Environmental Economics
Course coordinator RNDr. Ivan Šotkovský, Ph.D.

Osnova předmětu

1. Basic knowledge of geographical science. Geographical approaches and spatial arrangement.
2. State-forming process and geopolitical situation of Europe.
3. Europe as an economically powerful complex interconnected space. General characteristics of the European continent.
4. Natural characteristics of the European continent.
5. Evaluation of European social development.
6. Economic environment and level of European development.
7. Macro-regions of European states with developed market economy.
8. Macro-regions of Eastern and Central Europe.
9. The Czech Republic and the European Economic Area.
10. Position and development possibilities of the European continent.
11. Differences in the level of maturity of European countries, availability of geospatial data.
12. Cooperation of European states on security and economic development issues.
13. Problems of contemporary Europe from the point of view of state-forming process.
14. Perspectives of the development of the European continent.

Povinná literatura

ŠOTKOVSKÝ, Ivan. Spatial Disparities of the Ageing European Union Population. In 4th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM 2017. Conference Proceedings, Book 4, Vol 1, 2017, pp. 437 – 444. ISBN 978-619-7408-23-2 , ISSN 2367-5659 .
BELLINI, Nicolla and HILPERT, Ulrich. Europe's Changing Geography: The Impact of Inter-Regional Networks. Routledge, 2013. 224 s. ISBN 978-0-415-53977-7 .

Doporučená literatura

BLOUET, Brian, W. The EU and Neighbors: A Geography of Europe in the Modern World. 2nd ed., New York: Wiley, 2012. 576 s. ISBN 978-0470943403 .
ŠOTKOVSKÝ, Ivan. The Change of the Population Size and the Ageing Process of the EU Countries after 1990. In Honová, I., L. Melecký and M. Staníčková (ed.). Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on European Integration 2012. Ostrava: VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, 2012, pp. 315 – 322. ISBN 978-80-248-2685-1.