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2024/2025

Road Transport History

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Code Completion Credits Range Language
615Y2HS KZ 2 2P+0C Czech
Course guarantor:
Šárka Voráčová
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Department Děčín
Synopsis:

Roads and road traffic in the Ancient Age, corridors of main mediveal pathways. Development of road traffic in the modern period, acceleration of road transport development during 1st part of 20th century. Development of road layout, geometric and construction layers. Beginning of modern road civil engineering. Development of road travelling in modern period. History of road intercections, bridges and traffic control, development of road signs.

Requirements:

Not defined.

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Study Objective:

Goal of the cource is the offer of new humanitarian subject focused on the road history. That course makes easier to understand the historical contentst in modern road civil engineering.

Study materials:

Štemberk J.: Automobilista v zajetí reality, Praha, UK v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2008

Hlavačka M.: Cestování v éře dostavníku, Praha, nakladatelství Argo, 1996

Květ R.: Duše krajiny: Staré stezky v proměnách věků, Praha, Academia, 2003

Note:
Further information:
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