Course: Natural Hazards and Risks

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Course title Natural Hazards and Risks
Course code KGEO/M212
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Raška Pavel, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • ALCÁNTARA-AYALA, I., GOUDIE, A. S., 2010. Geomorphological hazards and disaster prevention. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press..
  • BLAHŮT, J., KLIMEŠ, J., 2011. Příspěvek k české terminologii rizik ve studiu rizik ze svahových deformací. Geografie 116, 79-90..
  • BUBECK, P., BOTZEN, W.J.W., AERTS, J.C.J.H., 2012. A review of risk perceptions and other factors that influence flood mitigation behavior. Risk Analysis 32(9):1481-1495..
  • CUTTER, S. L., 1996. Vulnerability to environmental hazards. Progress in Human Geography 20(4):529-539..
  • DELICA-WILLISON, Z., WILLISON, R., 2008. Vulnerability reduction: a task for the vulnerable people themselves. In: BANKOFF, G., FRERKS, G., HILHORST, D. (eds.): Mapping vulnerability: disasters, development & people (145-158). London, Earthscan, 145-158.
  • DOSTÁL, P., 2008. Changing geographical systems and risk processes: gerenal considerations. In: DOSTÁL, P. (ed.): Evolution of geographical systems and risk processes in the global context (15-36). Praha, Charles University, P3K..
  • MUNICHRE, 2009. TOPICS GEO Natural catastrophes 2009. Analyses, assessments, positions. Munich, MunichRe..
  • SCHMIDT-THOMÉ, P. (ed.), 2006. Natural and Technological Hazards and Risks Affecting the Spatial Development of European Regions. Espoo: Geological Survey of Finland Special Paper 42..
  • VILÍMEK, V., SPILKOVÁ, J., 2009. Natural hazards and risks: the view from the junction of natural and social sciences. - Geografie-Sborník ČGS 114, 332-349..
  • WISNER, B., BLAIKIE, P., CANNON, T., DAVIS, I., 2004. At risk: natural hazards, people´s vulnerability, and disasters. London, Routledge..


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Geography (A14) Category: Geography courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer