Content of lectures: 1) European zonation of nature and postglacial migration from refugia. Development of the forest during the Holocene, forming the forest tree-line and landscape development suppressed by settlement, the distribution of thermophilous and heliophilous species, natural and artificial forests and biodiversity value. 2) Biogeography and settlement geography (how natural conditions determined the migration of organisms and humans?). Relict landscapes, historically diversified landscape and extensive management (grazing in the forests), virgin and secondary forests and their indication, diverse species composition, abandoned landscapes in inland region. 3) Historical development of cultural landscapes, Renaissance and Baroque arrangements, romantic elements, landscape aesthetics and assessment. 4) 20th and 21 century - the way from the agricultural land to non-productive landscape. Temporal evolution of the functions of landscape elements, natural succession in abandoned countries. 5) Landscape image and character, methods of evaluation. 6) Pond landscapes as an example of ecosystem approach: nutrients, energy flows, migration of organisms and human settlement. Intensive and extensive farming, production of ponds and nature protection. Wetlands and their topo-climatic effect. 7) Urban Ecology: urban climate, soil and water as a resource, diversity in cities. Public space and public greenery. Green architecture and green infrastructure. Greenery and global climate change. 8) Urban development and urban communities, the importance of corridors for species migration, management and maintenance of functional green suburban forests (urban dilemma of alleys and hedgerows, biodiversity versus safety). 9) Intensification versus abandonment of the country. Reversible and irreversible changes. Rural areas and challenges of the 21st century (green energy - wind and solar power, energy crops, grassland and reforestation, restoration of old orchards, etc.). 10) Human well-being. Land-use planning, legislation aimed at landscape protection. Content of practicals: 1) Landscape typology of the Czech Republic (natural and cultural landscapes) and its structure (physical-geographical, biodiversity, development of ownership). 2) Prehistoric and historical development of landscape structure (settlement, cultural landscape). The transformation of Central European landscape during the last 100 years (the search for historical documents, old maps and photographs) and evaluation of future trends. 3) Functional landscape (ecological, cultural, social, economic). Mental maps. 4) Landscape protection: landscape character assessment (harmonic vs. disturbance) . 5) Rehabilitation and restoration of disturbed land. Land art. 6) Landscape and tourism (natural and cultural attractions of the regions) 7) Where meets landscapes protection with nature conservation and where they diverge? 8) Scenario study of the future development.
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with multi-media resources (texts, internet, IT technologies), Case studies
- Field trip
- 10 hours per semester
- Preparation for credit
- 12 hours per semester
- Semestral paper
- 50 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 30 hours per semester
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