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World Geoscience and Industrial heritage

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Course Unit Code541-3501/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
MAR31prof. Ing. Marian Marschalko, Ph.D.
Summary
Students will be introduced to the principles of how to work and use information about the world's geoscience and industrial heritage. In the first part of the course they will be acquainted with the general principles of how UNESCO works and creates a list of world and cultural heritage. In the second applied part of the course, they will work with specific selected UNESCO localities, especially from the point of view of geoscience and industrial tourism. We will focus more on selected European locations of the most important European countries, such as Italy, Spain, France and Germany, and then on the selection of the remaining countries. The last part of the subject will focus on selected locations in Asia, Australia, Africa and America.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim of the subject is to understand and learn to work with selected world geoscience and industrial localities, which are on the list of UNESCO, so that they can use them in tourism practice. Another important aim of the subject is to teach students to work with information about these best localities in the world, because if they can distinguish diversity between these localities, they can apply it to other localities in the world based on the principle of comparison and analogy.
Course Contents
1. World geoscience and industrial heritage from the perspective of UNESCO
2. UNESCO International Documents
3. The World Heritage Committee and its advisory organizations
4. Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
5. List of world cultural and natural heritage
6. The process of inserting a monument on the World Heritage List
7. Monitoring the state of world monuments
8. Selected monuments of world geoscience and industrial heritage in Europe
9. Selected UNESCO localities of Italy and Spain
10. Selected UNESCO localities of France and Germany
11. UNESCO localities of other European states
12. Selected UNESCO localities in Asia and Australia
13. Selected UNESCO localities in Africa and America
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
MIGOŃ P.: Geoheritage and geotourism. A European perspective. Boydell Press 2016, 336 s. ISBN 978-17-832-7147-4
HOLEČEK, M.: Skvosty Evropy: velká kniha památek, rozšířené vydání. Praha: Ottovo nakladatelství 2017, 769 s. ISBN 978-80-7451-577-4
KUČOVÁ, V.: Světové kulturní a přírodní dědictví UNESCO, odborné a metodické publikace. Praha: Národní památkový ústav 2009, 200 s. ISBN 978-80-87104-52-1
SCHEJBAL, C.: Geografie geovědního a montánního turismu, Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava 2017, 218 s. ISBN: 978-80-248-4137-3
BOURDEAU, L., GRAVARI-BARBAS, M., ROBINSON, M.: World Heritage, Tourism and Identity. 1. vyd. London: Routledge 2015, 290 s. ISBN 978-13-155-4631-5
Recommended Reading:
ROWLING, R. K., NEWSOME, D.: Geotourism: Sustainability, impacts and management, 1. vyd. Oxford: Elsevier ButterworthHeinemann 2006, 260 s. ISBN 978-07-506-6215-4
FARSANI, N. T., COELHO, C., COSTA, C.: Geoparks and Geotourism: New Approaches to Sustainability for the 21st Century. Universal-Publishers 2011, 189 s. ISBN 978-16-123-3551-3
DOWLING, R., NEWSOME, D.: Handbook of Geotourism. Edward Elgar Publishing 2018, 520 s. ISBN 978-1-78536-885-1
CHEN, A., LU, Y., NG, Y. C. Y.: The Principles of Geotourism. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015, 264 s. ISBN 978-3-662-46697-1
LOLLINO, G., GIORDAN, D., MARUNTEANU, C., CHRISTARAS, B., YOSHINORI, I., MARGOTTINI, C.: Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 8: Preservation of Cultural Heritage. Cham: Springer International Publishing 2015. ISBN 978-3-319-09408-3
DVOŘÁČEK, P.: České památky UNESCO. 1. vyd. Praha: Fragment 2008, 160 s. ISBN: 978-80-253-0754-0
KROB, M., KROB, M. (JR): Památky UNESCO, 1. vyd. Praha: Kvarta 2007, 92 s. ISBN 978-80-86326-54-2
NOVÁKOVÁ, M., KOLLÁR, D. KOVÁCS, O.: Památky UNESCO střední Evropy: Česko, Slovensko, Maďarsko, Rakousko. Praha: Reader's Digest, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7406-220-9
ROWLING, R. K., NEWSOME, D.: Geotourism: Sustainability, impacts and management, 1. vyd. Oxford: Elsevier ButterworthHeinemann 2006, 260 s. ISBN 978-07-506-6215-4
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 18