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2024/2025
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Geography of Transport Systems

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17GEDS KZ 2 2P+0C+8B Czech
Course guarantor:
Miroslav Marada
Lecturer:
Miroslav Marada
Tutor:
Milan Kříž, Miroslav Marada
Supervisor:
Department of Smart Cities and Regions
Synopsis:

Regional differentiation of the transport system. Sociogeographic regionalization and its relation to transport. Transport and local and regional development. Spatial interaction - theoretical and methodological framework. Mobility research - travel behavior, mode choice and the influence onto „modal-split.“ Modal competition. Practical use of transport-geographical analysis in transportation planning.

Requirements:

not defined

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Study Objective:

The aim is to introduce students to the transport-geography issues in particular in relation to transport planning. In addition to acquiring theoretical knowledge a part of the course also deals with the basic methods of transport geography research (e. g. regionalization, measurement of accessibility, regional transport service, and mode choice).

Study materials:

Hampl M.: Geografická organizace společnosti v ČR: Transformační procesy a jejich obecný kontext. PřF UK, Praha, 2005.

Marada M., Květoň V., Vondráčková P.: Doprava a geografická organizace společnosti v Česku. Ed. Geographica, ČGS, Praha, 2010.

Rodrigue J. P., Comtois C., Slack B.: The Geography of Transport Systems. Routledge, London, 2006.

Note:
Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:
Time-table is not available yet
Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:
06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
roomHO:A-320
Marada M.
15:00–16:30
(lecture parallel360)
Horská 3 (stará budova)
Wed
Thu
Fri
The course is a part of the following study plans:
Data valid to 2025-04-08
For updated information see http://bilakniha.cvut.cz/en/predmet2357406.html