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Introduction to geography I - JMB117
Title: Úvod do geografie I
Guaranteed by: Department of North American Studies (23-KAS)
Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual: from 2010
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 4
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/1, MC [HT]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: not taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Additional information: http://instituty.fsv.cuni.cz/~kozak
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
Incompatibility : JMB113
Interchangeability : JMB113
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download bowman-geography.pdf Gearóid Ó Tuathail, Simon Dalby and Paul Routledge: The Geopolitics Reader, 2nd Edition, Routledge, 2006: Isiah Bowman: Geography and Geopolitics PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
download deBlij-demography.PDF Harm de Blij: Why Geography Matters (2005), A Future Geography of Human Population PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
download deBlij.pdf Harm de Blij: Why Geography Matters (2005) PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
download deBlij-russia.pdf Harm de Blij: Why Geography Matters (2005), Russia: Trouble on the Eastern Front PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
download haushofer-geopolitik.pdf Gearóid Ó Tuathail, Simon Dalby and Paul Routledge: The Geopolitics Reader, 2nd Edition, Routledge, 2006: Karl Haushofer: Why Geopolitik? a Defense of German Geopolitics PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
download mackinder-pivot.pdf Gearóid Ó Tuathail, Simon Dalby and Paul Routledge: The Geopolitics Reader, 2nd Edition, Routledge, 2006: Halford Mackinder: The Geographical Pivot of History PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
download tuathail-intro-part1.pdf Gearóid Ó Tuathail, Simon Dalby and Paul Routledge: The Geopolitics Reader, 2nd Edition, Routledge, 2006: Gearóid Ó Tuathail: Introduction to Part I PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
download tuathail-intro.pdf Gearóid Ó Tuathail, Simon Dalby and Paul Routledge: The Geopolitics Reader, 2nd Edition, Routledge, 2006: Gearóid Ó Tuathail: Introduction PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D.
Annotation -
Last update: KOZAK (10.04.2008)
The course Introduction to geography I. has two principle objectives - first, to introduce general theoretical approaches regarding the relationship between territoriality and political, social and historical developments. Second, to apply these concepts in specific locations and highlight the spatial aspects of political and social controversies.
Aim of the course -
Last update: KOZAK (10.04.2008)

The course Introduction to Geography I. has two principle objectives - first, to introduce general theoretical approaches regarding the relationship between territoriality and political, social and historical developments. Second, to apply these concepts in specific locations and highlight the spatial aspects of political and social controversies.

Literature -
Last update: KOZAK (10.04.2008)

The Times concise atlas of the world [kartografický dokument] London : Times Books, 2001 1 atlas (384 s.) : barev., [000212921] Signatura: H (přísně prezenčně)

Political geography / Martin Ira Glassner New York : Wiley, c1996 xii, 716 s. : il., mp. ; 26 cm., [000204495], PL-5127

World regional geography : the new global order / Michael Bradshaw Boston : McGraw-Hill, 2000, XVII, 622 s. : fot., mp., [000216665], DM-236

Environmental geography : science, land use, and earth systems / William M. Marsh, John Grossa, Jr., New York : Wiley, c2005, 455 s. : il., mapy ; 29 cm, [000393196], EK-2006

An historical geography of Europe / edited by R.A. Butlin and R.A. Dodgshon Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1998, xvi, 373 s. : il., mp. ; 26 cm., [000195014], DM-276

Physical geography of the global environment / H.J. de Blij, Peter O. Muller New York : John Wiley & Sons, 1993, 576 s. : il., mp., graf., fotogr., [000204106] EK-1183

Státy a území světa / Vladimír Liščák, Pavel Fojtík Praha : Libri, 1996, 935 s., 8 s. bar. příl., [000211216], H - přísně prezenčně

Mezinárodní perspektivy politických regionů / Bořek Hnízdo Praha : ISE, 1995, 121 s., [000200398], PL 350

Národnostní menšiny v Evropě : encyklopedická příručka / Leoš Šatava Praha : Železný, 1994, 385 s. : mapy + [1] mapa. [000201384], DM 40

Teaching methods -
Last update: KOZAK (10.04.2008)

lecture with extensive use of multimedia

Requirements to the exam -
Last update: KOZAK (08.10.2009)

Midterm test and final written exam composed of multiple choice questions, orientation in blank maps and of questions related to compulsory reading.

Syllabus -
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Introduction, course requirements, concept of geography, territoriality, political geography, human geography, physical geography, sovereign state

History of geography, first maps, map projections, Jerusalem as center of the world, map orientation, administrative maps, military maps, navigation maps,

Czech Republic

History of geography II., first geopolitical concepts, classical geopolitics, imperialism, nation state, Ratzel, MacKinder, Mahan

Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Austria

History of geography III. Cold War, bipolar world, domino theory, Third World, critical geography, O Tuathail, Wallerstein - world system, center, periphery

Germany, France

Current geopolitical situation, realistic school, military expenditures, military bases

Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece

Current geopolitical situation II, liberal institutionalism, strategic locations, disputed territories

Great Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia, Benelux

Geography of personal space, architecture,

states of former Yugoslavia

Urbanism, geography of modern city, slums, satellite villages, Paris, Brasília

Ukraine, Belarus, Baltic States, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria

Demographic aspects of geography - population growth, urbanization, population density

Russia

Racial and ethnic minorities, struggles for independence

Central Asia, Transcaucasian states

Main migration routes, border regimes, global tourism

Turkey, Iran, Middle East I.

Geography of main religious groups, conflict of civilizations?

Turkey, Iran, Middle East II.

Entry requirements -
Last update: KOZAK (10.04.2008)

depending on the study program

 
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