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Population and Settlement Geography for PhD students - MPGS0092
Title: Geografie obyvatelstva a sídel pro PGS
Czech title: Geografie obyvatelstva a sídel pro PGS
Guaranteed by: Department of Social Geography and Regional Development (31-340)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2023
Semester: both
E-Credits: 0
Hours per week, examination: 0/0, Ex [HS]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: cancelled
Language: Czech, English
Note: course is intended for doctoral students only
enabled for web enrollment
you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
Guarantor: doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Čermák, CSc.
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Last update: doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Čermák, CSc. (15.10.2020)
• Theoretical approaches and schools of population geography and migration
• Basic data sources and methodological approaches in the geography of population and settlement
• Geographical distribution of population, segregation, socio-spatial differentiation
• Natural population reproduction and demographic aging
• Global problems of population development, population theories and laws, population policy, population forecasts
• Migration and other forms of spatial mobility of the population
• Mobility of the individual
• Commuting, regionalization, employment and unemployment
• Main approaches, theories and concepts explaining the process of international migration
• Migration and development - paradigm development, main researched aspects and regional differentiation of the problem
• Migration policy of the Czech Republic in the broader framework of European migration policy
• Social, economic, ethnic, religious and "cultural" population structure, social and human capital, social environment
• Quality of life, lifestyle, life cycle, second demographic transition, epidemiology and public health
• Theoretical approaches and schools of settlement geography, paradigms and discourses
• Settlement system (structure and development)
• Historical aspects of urbanization
• Urban and rural settlements
• Hierarchy in the settlement system
• Positional and functional typology and classification of settlements, urbanized macrostructures
• Internal structure and organization of cities
• The concept of place, neighborhood, community
• Public administration and settlement policy, settlement concept, spatial planning
• Current global problems of humanity
Literature - Czech
Last update: doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Čermák, CSc. (15.10.2020)

BAILEY, A. (2005): Making Population Geography. Hodder Education, London.

CASTLES, S., MILLER, M.J. (2003): The Age of Migration, International Population Movements in the Modern World. The Guilford Press (Third edition), New York, London.

CHAMPION, A. (2001): Urbanization, Suburbanization, Counterurbanization and Reurbanization. In: Paddison, R. ed.: Handbook of Urban Studies. Sage. London.

ČERMÁK, Z., HAMPL, M., MÜLLER, J. (2009): Současné tendence vývoje obyvatelstva metropolitních areálů v Česku: dochází k významnému obratu? Geografie, 114, č. 1, s. 37-51.

DE HAAS, H. (2012): The Migration and Development Pendulum: A Critical View on Research and Policy. International Migration, 50, č. 3, s. 8-25.

DRBOHLAV, D., MEDOVÁ, L., ČERMÁK, Z., JANSKÁ, E., ČERMÁKOVÁ, D., DZÚROVÁ, D. (2010): Migrace a (i)migranti v Česku. Kdo jsme, odkud přicházíme, kam jdeme? Praha, Slon.

DRBOHLAV, D. UHEREK, Z. (2007): Reflexe migračních teorií. Geografie, 112, č. 2, s. 125-141.

GREGORY, D., JOHNSTON, R.J., PRATT, G., WATTS, M., WHATMORE, S. eds.(2009): The Dictionary of Human Geography. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Malden.

HAMPL, M., GARDAVSKÝ, V., KÜHNL, K. (1987): Regionální struktura a vývoj systému osídlení ČSR. Univerzita Karlova, Praha.

JONES, H.R. (1996): A Population Geography. Harper and Row. Recent Demographic Developments in Europe. Council of Europe, Strassbourg.

KNOX, P., PINCH, S. (2010): Urban Social Geography. Sixth edition. Pearson Education, Harlow.

MUSIL, J. (2002): Co je urbanizace. In: Horská, P., Maur, E., Musil, J.: Zrod velkoměsta. Urbanizace českých zemí a Evropa. Paseka, Praha a Litomyšl, s. 7-53.

OUŘEDNÍČEK, M., TEMELOVÁ, J., POSPÍŠILOVÁ, L. eds. (2011): Atlas sociálně prostorové diferenciace České republiky. Nakladatelství Karolinum, Praha.

PAVLÍK, Z., RYCHTAŘÍKOVÁ, J., ŠUBRTOVÁ, A. (1986): Základy demografie. Academia, Praha.

SACHS, J. D. (2008): Copmmon Wealth, Economics for a Crowded Planet. New York, The Penguin Press.

VAN DE KAA, D. (1987): Europe´s Second Demographic Transition. Population Bulletin, 42, č. 1, s. 1-57.

WEEKS, J.R. (2004): Population: An Introduction to Concepts and Issues. CA: Wadsworth, Belmont, 704 s.

WOODS, R. (1986): Theoretical Population Geography. Longman, London, New York.

ZELINSKI, W. (1971): The Hypothesis of the Mobility Transition. Geographical Review, 16, č. 2, s. 219-249.

Requirements to the exam -
Last update: doc. RNDr. Zdeněk Čermák, CSc. (15.10.2020)

The course takes the form of consultations based on the assigned literature on individual problem areas. A seminar paper is assigned, for which a discussion will take place at the final consultation.

 
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