Form of Study: full-time study
Number of contact hours: 3
per week: 2 hour lecture and 1 hour practice per level/semester: 36
HYNDMAN, D., HYNDMAN, D.: Natural Hazards and Disasters. 2nd edition. Belmont: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning, 2009. ISBN-13: 978-0-495-31667-1. McGUIRE, B., BURTON, P., KILBURN, Ch., WILLETTS, O.: World Atlas of Natural Hazards. London: Arnold, 2004. ISBN 0-340-76405-8. TREMBOŠ, P., MINÁR, J., MACHOVÁ, Z.: Identification of selected natural hazards from the standpoint of evaluation of environmental limits. In: Acta fac. rer. natur. Univ. Comen., Geographica No. 34. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 1994, p. 135-152. ISBN 80-223-0827-7.
Grades will be based on the final written test (80%
of evaluation) and completion of semestral work (20% of evaluation).
The course has a standardized grading system which is identified below:
A (90 – 100%): Outstanding, excellent work (exceptional performance with strong evidence
of original thinking and obvious capacity to analyse, synthesize and evaluate); B (80 – 89%):
Good, competent work; laudable performance with evidence of some original thinking, good
problem-solving ability, exhibiting a serious, responsible engagement with the course content;
C (73 – 79%): Adequate, reasonably satisfactory work; fair performance but infrequent
evidence of original thinking or the capacity to analyse, satisfies the minimum requirements of
the course; D (66 – 72%): Less acceptable work; relatively weak performance with little
evidence of original thinking or ability to analyse or synthesize course material; E (65 –
60%): Minimally acceptable work; very weak performance with little evidence of original
thinking, showing inadequate grasp of some basic elements of the course. Fx (under 60%):
Inadequate work; poor performance that indicates a lack of understanding or
misunderstanding of essential subject matter.
English
This course will focus on following topics:
Definition of basic terminology (disaster, hazard, risk, susceptibility, vulnerability). Overview
of types of hazards and risks. Natural disasters in the Earth history.
Volcanic hazard and its evaluation.
Seismic hazard and its evaluation.
Windstorms and wind erosion and their evaluation.
Hazard of water soil erosion and its evaluation.
Hazard of landslide and its evaluation.
Hazard of flooding and its evaluation.
Hazard of snow avalanche and its evaluation.
Past global disasters and temporary climatic change.
Whirlwinds and risks of human activities in threatened regions.
Multihazards and risks in Slovakia
The course offers an introduction into problems of natural hazards and risks influencing
human activities in the landscape and their evaluation. It covers the background and skills
needed to understand and analyse nature of natural processes threatening to humans. Students
will master simple algorithms of space natural hazards evaluation.
Eliaš, J., Horváth, J., Kajan, J. Zbierka úloh z vyššej matematiky 1, 2. Bratislava: ALFA, 1979 (1985).
Study materials published on the lecturer's website.
During the semester, there will be two written examinations of 10 points each, the student will get another 30 points at the exercises. At the end of the semester the student must obtain a min. 20 points. The exam consists of one 50-point paper. In order to obtain an A rating, it is necessary to obtain a total of at least 91 points, for B at least 82 points, for C at least 74 points, for D at least 66 points and for an E rating at least 55 points. Credits will not be awarded to a student who scores less than 54 points in total.
Slovak, English
1. Basic concepts of logic and set theory: propositions, propositional forms, set, basic operations with sets
2. Fundamentals of linear algebra: matrices, operations with matrices and their use (rank of matrix; elementary row operations; inverse matrix), determinants (Sarus rule; Laplace development for calculation of determinant of matrix of degree n> 3; properties and use of determinants), systems of linear equations (homogeneous and inhomogeneous system of linear equations; Gaussian elimination method; Cramer's rule; Frobeni's theorem)
3. Basics of vector algebra: concept of vector and basic operations with vectors, scalar and vector product of two vectors, mixed product of three vectors, applications in geometry;
4. Functions of one variable: real numbers; bounded sets, supreme, infimum, function; basic concepts and designations, properties of functions (domain of definition; equality of functions; real function of a real variable; graph of a function; types of functions (sequences); inverse and compound functions; monotonicity, boundedness, periodicity of a function; cyclometric;
5. Basics of statistics, abundance and histogram, mean values, quantiles, measures of variability
http://hore.dnom.fmph.uniba.sk/~rostas/index1gk-ZS.html
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Acquire basic mathematical methods, theories and knowledge used in geographical research and practice.
Eliaš, J.,Horváth, J. a Kajan, J.: Zbierka úloh z vyššej matematiky, 1. a 2.časť;
Kubáček, Z.,Valášek, J.: Cvičenia z matematickej analýzy I, (VŠ skriptá MFF UK);
http://hore.dnom.fmph.uniba.sk/~rostas/index1gk-LS.html
During the semester, there will be two written examinations of 10 points each, the student will get another 30 points at the exercises. At the end of the semester the student must obtain a min. 20 points. The exam consists of one 50-point paper. In order to obtain an A rating, it is necessary to obtain a total of at least 91 points, for B at least 82 points, for C at least 74 points, for D at least 66 points and for an E rating at least 55 points. Credits will not be awarded to a student who scores less than 54 points in total.
Slovak, English
1. Functions of one variable: limit of a function (neighborhood of a point; concept of limits and its properties; limits of monotonic sequences; Heine's definition of limits of a function), continuity of a function (continuity of a function at a point and on a set, classification of discontinuity points; properties of continuous functions on a closed interval)
2. Differential calculus of a real function of a real variable: derivative; (basic concepts and
properties; derivation of a compound function; higher order derivatives), l´Hospital's rule, investigation of the property of a function using derivatives (monotonicity, convexity and concavity, local and global extrema, inflection points, asymptotes of a graph of a function), course of a function
3. Integral calculus of a function of one variable: -indefinite integral (concept of primitive function; basic formulas; basic methods of integration (per-partes method, substitution method); integrals of rational functions (decomposition into partial fractions)
4. Riemann definite integral (basic concepts and basic properties; Newton-Leibnitz formula; integral as a limit of integral sums; substitution method and per-partes method for Riemann definite integral; physical meaning of definite integral and its applications in geometry;
http://hore.dnom.fmph.uniba.sk/~rostas/index1gk-LS.html
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Acquire basic mathematical methods, theories and knowledge used in geographical research and practice.