Bachelor's of Traffic and Transportation Engineering

SELECTED THEMES FROM GEOGRAPHY

General Data

Code: 58V306
Type of credits: ECTS
Number of credits: 4.00
Engagement hours: 120.00
ISCED-F: Transport services
Status: Elective
Academic Year: 1º
Term: 1º
Modality: Presential
Languages: English
Available for Mobility Students: Yes
Restricted to alliance: No

Coordination

Description

The objective of the subject is understanding of those themes of geography which represent the basis for transport, spatial and environmental planning, as well as for planning and management of transport and logistics operations. Students will identify various types of settlements and their influence on migrations and mobility.

Subject area

Transport Geography – Demography, Settlements, Economic Geography, Spatial Data, Transport Networks

Requirements

No prerequisites required.

Instructors

viš. pred. mag. BENO MESAREC

Contents

  1. Geography of settlements – demography, migrations, population structure
  2. Geography of settlements – settlement structure, cities, environmental problems, sustainable development
  3. Economic geography – economy, agriculture
  4. Economic geography – industry, tourism, globalisation
  5. Political geography – political demarcation of the world
  6. Political geography – geopolitics
  7. Quantitative methods in geography – introduction, spatial data, spatial units, sources of data
  8. Quantitative methods – statistical and spatial sampling, cartography and quantitative data
  9. Transport geography of Slovenia – transportation modes, networks and terminals
  10. Transport geography of Slovenia – road and rail transportation
  11. Transport geography of Slovenia – maritime transport, air transport, intermodal transportation
  12. Use of MS Excel and QGIS Software

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and understanding:

After the course the student will be able to:

  • List and describe types of settlements
  • Describe population structure
  • Identify interrelations between settlements, population, economy and transport
  • Identify methods of acquisition, use and presentation of spatial data

Transferable/key skills: Communication skills.

Recommended Readings and Tools

Readings:

  • Rodrigue, J.-P. (2024). The geography of transport systems (6th ed.). Routledge.
  • Bobovnik, N. et al. (2023). Uvod v študij geografije. Založba Univerze.
  • The geography of urban transportation (4th ed.). (2017). The Guilford Press.
  • Cidell, J. (2021). An Introduction to Transportation Geography. Rowman & Littlefield.

Planned Activities

Lectures and computer work.

Course structure:

  • Lectures: 30 hours
  • Tutorial: 15 hours
  • Individual work: 75 hours
  • Total: 120 hours

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Assessment weights:

  • Written examination: 50%
  • Seminar paper: 30%
  • Oral examination: 20%

Additional information:

A student can replace the written examination with two midterms.