The course introduces various approaches and methods used in landscape and climate change studies. The students practice the use of complex study and data analysis methods in physical geography.
Outcome:
The student will
1) understand the development patterns of natural features and their mutual relations;
2) know the terminology of physical geography and landscape ecology and is able explain the principles of the functions of main natural complexes;
3) know the main flows of matter in natural landscapes on local, regional, and global scale;
4) know the development of contemporary landscapes and is able to characterize regional units of landscape;
5) know the causes and effects of global environmental changes;
6) be acquainted with the main datasets of physical geography and be able to analyse these;
7) know the main methods of analysis in physical geography;
8) know the evaluation methods of landscape structures and the methods of data analysis in this field.
