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Terminated in academic year 2005/2006

Introduction to Geography

Type of study -
Language of instruction Czech
Code 548-0060/02
Abbreviation ZG
Course title Introduction to Geography
Coordinating department Department of Geoinformatics
Course coordinator doc. RNDr. Pavel Švec, Ph.D.

Course aims

The objective of the course is to acquire basic knowledge and concepts in the main fields of physical geography.

Literature

HOLDEN, J., ed. 2017. An introduction to physical geography and the environment. 4th ed., Pearson Education Limited. 840 p.
STRAHLER, A.H. 2013. Introducing Physical Geography. John Wiley & Sons. 656 p.
CASTREE, N. eds. 2009. A companion to environmental geography. Wiley.
HAARHOFF, J., CASSA, A.M. 2009. Introduction to flood hydrology. Cape Town: Juta.

Advised literature

LYNCH, J., 2002: Wild Weather. London. BBC Worldwide. 230 p.
STRAHLER, A.H. 2011. Physical geography: science and systems of the human environment. 5th ed. John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd. 626 p.
THURMAN, H.V., TRUJILLO, A.P., 2020: Essentials of Oceanography, 13th Ed. Pearson. 624 p.
DEWALLE, D.R., RANGO, A. 2008. Principles of snow hydrology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 410 p.