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Last update: RNDr. Tomáš Kučera, CSc. (30.10.2019)
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Last update: RNDr. Barbora Janáková Kuprová, Ph.D. (23.12.2019)
Compulsory literature: Bauer, R. (2010): Demography of European Regions. A Spatial Perspective on Current Population Patterns. Vienna: metropop.eu. Dostupné na http://www.metropop.eu/metropop001/metropop001.pdf Tivig, T., K. Frosch a S. Kühntopf (2008): Mapping Regional Demographic Change and Regional Demographic: Location Risk in Europe. Rostock: Rostock Center for the Study of Demographic Change. Dostupné na http://www.demographic-risk-map.eu/downloads/final-report.pdf United Nations (2014): The World Population Situation in 2014. New York: United Nations. Dostupné na http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/trends/Concise%20Report%20on%20the%20World%20Population%20Situation%202014/en.pdf Population Reference Bureau website (http://www.prb.org): World Population Data Sheet 2014 and other key materials published there (students will be guided) Eurostat: Statistics explained: Population (http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Population) Eurostat: Statistics explained: Population statistics at regional level (http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Population_statistics_at_regional_level) Gapminder website (http://www.gapminder.org/), all video presentations of Hans Rosling and and other key materials published there (students will be guided) Global Data (http://www.geohive.com/earth/) |
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Last update: RNDr. Barbora Janáková Kuprová, Ph.D. (23.12.2019)
Individual presentation on a given topic and its presentation in PowerPoint format during the seminar (15-20 minute presentation + 15-minute discussion per student) Prescribed literature, videos and other materials on particular topics discussed in the class
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Last update: RNDr. Barbora Janáková Kuprová, Ph.D. (23.12.2019)
1) (a) Acquaintance with the objectives and conditions of the course; (b) testing student initial knowledge, (c) an introduction to the problem: basic concepts, regional demography and demography of the world regions in literature. 2) (a) Study of the territorial aspects of population development; (b) basic sources of information about the population development in territory: origin, availability, quality and comparability of data; selected secondary sources of information. 3) Regional differentiation of population structures and processes: objectives and importance, methods of evaluating regional differentiation; sources of geographical differences and regularity of their development. 4) Demographic regionalization and typology: selected methods of demographic regions delimitation, typology of regions, the regional divisions of the world and selected international typology of countries and territories of the world. 5) Population and development: context and conceptualisation, the world conferences on population and development, major players in the field of population and development: roles, goals, activities, coordination; strategic documents. 6) Population in international development programs and strategies: ICPD Program of Action, Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the MDGs, MIPAA, ICPD Beyond 2014 Post-2015 Agenda. 7) (a) Population in the activities of the United Nations system; (b) United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA): history, mission, structure of regional, global and regional programs, methods and standards work, implementation partnership of Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science and UNFPA EECARO. 8-13) Demography and population issues of particular world regions. 14) Seminar: students’ presentations on selected themes with floor discussion. |