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Geomontane tourism

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 541-0128/04
Abbreviation GMT
Course title Geomontane tourism
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Miloš Duraj, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction
2. Characteristics of geomontane tourism
3. Evaluation of montane landscapes and objects for tourism
4. Underground mining works
5. Surface objects
6. Treatment, metallurgical and other objects
7. Surface and underground water works, transport routes and accompanying infrastructure
8. Protection of montane objects
9. Montane archaeology
10. The importance of the genius loci in montane tourism
11. Examples and methods of protecting montane monuments in the world and in the Czech Republic
12. Ore districts in the Czech Republic and their use in geomontane tourism (Jáchymov, Příbram, Kutná Hora)
13. Development of geomontane tourism in the Ostrava-Karviná district

E-learning

Study materials for this course can be found at the following link: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/http://geologie.vsb.cz/MONTANNI_TURISMUS.PDF

Literature

COLIN, M.V., JOLLIFFE, L. Mining Heritage and Tourism, a global synthesis. Routledge, London, New York, 2010. 280 s.

Advised literature

DOWLING, R., K., NEWSOME, D. Geotourism. Boston: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006. 290 s. ISBN 978-0750662154 
CHEN, A., YUNTING, L., YOUNG, C.Y. NG. The principles of geotourism. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2015. 264 s. ISBN 978-3-662-46696-4