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Human Geography

Summary

The course includes a basic overview of all basic discipline in Human geography. The main part this course consists of population geography, urban geography, transport geography, economic geography, political and cultural geography. Emphasis is put on links between physiographic sphere and human socioeconomic activities of mankind. The course introduces the principles of regionalization and expression of geographic features according to the principles of thematic cartography.

Literature

FLOWERDEW, R., MARTIN, D., et al. (2005): Methods in Human Geography: A Guide for Students Doing a Research Project. Prentice Hall. 392 p.
GREGORY, D., et al. (2009): The Dictionary of Human Geography. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1072 p.
RODRIGUE, J. P. (2020): The Geography of Transport Systems. 5th ed., New York: Routledge. 468 p.
SIEGEL J.S., SWANSON, D.A. eds. (2008): The Methods and Material of Demography, Academic Press; 2 edition. 819 p.

Advised literature

HUNTINGTON, S. P., (2011): The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order. Simon & Schuster. 368 p.
FELLMANN, J. D. (2013): Human geography: landscapes of human activities. 12th ed., McGraw-Hill international ed. New York: McGraw-Hill
ROGERSON, P. (2020): Statistical methods for geography: a student's guide. 5th ed., Los Angeles: Sage
SEDLACEK, T. (2013): Economics of Good and Evil. Oxford University Press. 384 p.


Language of instruction čeština, čeština, čeština, angličtina, čeština, angličtina
Code 548-0033
Abbreviation SEG
Course title Human Geography
Coordinating department Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator doc. RNDr. Pavel Švec, Ph.D.