N_RSCRE Regional Structures of the Czech Republic and Europe

University of Finance and Administration
Winter 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 6 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. René Wokoun, CSc. (lecturer)
Ing. Zuzana Khendriche Trhlínová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. René Wokoun, CSc.
Department of Regional Development and Public Administration – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Ing. Barbora Ptáčková
Timetable of Seminar Groups
N_RSCRE/cRRMO: Tue 12:15–12:59 M17, Tue 13:00–13:45 M17, except Tue 14. 12. ; and Thu 9. 12. 12:15–13:45 M22, Z. Khendriche Trhlínová
N_RSCRE/pRRMO: each odd Monday 12:15–12:59 M17, each odd Monday 13:00–13:45 M17, each odd Monday 14:00–14:44 M17, each odd Monday 14:45–15:30 M17, R. Wokoun
N_RSCRE/vRRPH: Fri 8. 10. 17:30–19:00 S24, 19:15–20:45 S24, Sat 23. 10. 9:45–11:15 S24, 11:30–13:00 S24, Fri 26. 11. 17:30–19:00 S24, 19:15–20:45 S24, Fri 10. 12. 14:00–15:30 S24, 15:45–17:15 S24, R. Wokoun
Prerequisites
Prerequisites and co-requisites Prerequisites: knowledge from bachelor study, namely Socioeconomic Geography or Regionalistics.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the course is regional-economic evaluation of structures and fundamental problems of Europe and the Czech Republic. Learning outcomes of the course unit The course will provide students with basic knowledge of socio-economic system and its formation in Europe and the Czech Republic. The lectures are focused on the theoretical background of the study of regional structure, classification, hierarchization and typology of European and Czech regions. After completing the course, students will be able to work with important concepts and problems of regions in a more comprehensive and broader context. The course also aims to provide students with comprehensive knowledge of regions in the Czech Republic and basic skills that can be used to assess and measure regional disparities in the Czech Republic. In the exercises students will perform their own regionalization of the selected area using various methods. The aim of the course is to prepare students for highly professional work of analysts in the public and private sectors, where complex regional analyzes or managerial work are expected, using European and Czech regional facts and contexts for decision-making processes.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, students will be able to work with important concepts and problems of regions in a more comprehensive and broader context. You will be able to characterize the main findings of the regional development of the Czech Republic and Europe with an emphasis on the academic concept of regional structures in the Czech Republic and Europe with a strong accent on the EU. You will also be able to characterize regional issues relevant to further regional development regional policy.
Syllabus
  • 1. Geographical position of the Czech Republic, geopolitical and geoeconomic position of the Czech Republic in Europe. Geographical, geopolitical and historical aspects of Czech statehood. 2. Geographical and geopolitical position of Europe, developmental nuclei and axes. 3. Hierarchy of spatial structures and problems (local to global) in Europe. 4. The issue of raw materials basics - dependence versus self-sufficiency. Power engineering in Europe and the Czech Republic. 5. Decisive environmental issues and problems in Europe and the Czech Republic. Examples of regulation mechanisms. 6. Demographic problems and migration flows in Europe and the Czech Republic. 7. Structural changes in the economy in Europe and the Czech Republic, demonstration of decisive trends. Restructuring of industrial structures in Europe and the Czech Republic. Old industrial regions. 8. Problems related to transport development in Europe and the Czech Republic (traffic flows and corridors, transnational networks, transport in agglomerations) 9. Problem regions in Europe - comparison, causes and problem solving. Problem regions in the Czech Republic, regions with concentrated state support. 10. Settlement of structures in Bohemia and Moravia, geographical and historical conditionality of settlement structures in the Czech Republic, settlement (concentration) areas and peripheral regions in the Czech Republic. 11. Territorial administrative division of the Czech Republic, historical development, current situation and links to territorial administrative units in the EU. 12. Regional disparities and their influence on spatial arrangement of socio-economic activities in the Czech Republic.
Literature
    required literature
  • HAMPL, Martin. Geografická organizace společnosti v České republice: transformační procesy a jejich obecný kontext. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, DemoArt, 2005. ISBN 80-86746-02-X.
  • WOKOUN, René, KLÍMA, Jan. Ekonomika v prostoru. Praha: Linde Praha, a.s. 2008. ISBN 978-80-7201-699-0.
  • TOUŠEK, Václav a kol. Česká republika – portréty krajů. Praha: Ministerstvo pro místní rozvoj ČR, 2005. ISBN 80-239-6305-8.
  • WOKOUN, René a kol. Regionální rozvoj a jeho management v České republice. VŠE v Praze, Nakladatelství Oeconomica, 2007, 244 stran. ISBN 978-80-245-1301-0.
    recommended literature
  • VITURKA, Milan a kol. Kvalita podnikatelského prostředí, regionální konkurenceschopnost a strategie regionálního rozvoje České republiky. Praha, Grada publishing, 2010. ISBN 8024736381.
  • HAMPL, Martin a kol. Geografická organizace společnosti a transformační procesy v České republice. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1996. ISBN 80-902154-2-4.
  • ROBERT C. OSTERGREN, Robert C. Mathias Le Bossé. The Europeans: a geography of people, culture, and environment. Second edition. London: Guilford Press, 2011. p. 386 ISBN 16-091-8140-9.
  • WOKOUN, René, KREJČOVÁ, Nikola, KOUŘILOVÁ, Jana, DAMBORSKÝ, Milan, PĚLUCHA, Martin. Konkurenceschopnost regionů Evropské unie a České republiky. Ústí nad Labem: Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7414-534-6.
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars in full-time study; tutorials in part-time study; compulsory seminar participation is 75% in full-time study, compulsory tutorial participation is 50% in part-time study. Students that aren´t present in the above dedicated number of lectures and seninars will receive and extra obligations with the objectif to show the knowledge of the course.
Assessment methods
The course ends with an exam and credit.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 16 hodin KS/semestr.
Teacher's information
Garant: prof. RNDr. René Wokoun, CSc.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2022, Winter 2023, Winter 2024.
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