Human Geography

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	English
Code	548-0033/06
Abbreviation	SEG
Course title	Human Geography
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator	doc. RNDr. Pavel Švec, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to Human Geography
2. Urban Geography
4. Population Geography I.
5. Population Geography II.
6. Population Geography III.
7. Population Geography IV.
8. Economic Geography
9. Transport Geography
10. Transport Geography
11. Political and Cultural Geography I.
12. Political and Cultural Geography II.
13. Using GIS in Human Geography

E-learning

Exercises and lectures are available via the LMS in the course of the same name.

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.

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