Course detail

Urbanism V - Territorial Planning

FA-UTPAcad. year: 2015/2016

Theoretical principles and rules of planning cities and regions. Planning cities and regions, basic theoretical training.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. arch. Maxmilian Wittmann, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Theory (UT)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The theoretical knowledges of town planning mechanism and tendences.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of urban planning and the city development.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on teachers requests. The teaching process consists of students seminary work focused on contemporary city (city district)development problem.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Final exam is related with practical work topic.

Course curriculum

Urbanism and urban planning, terms and relations.
Urban planning instruments in Czech republic.
Contemporary city, its functional, transport and space organisation.
Actual problems and phenomenons (brownfields, suburbanisation, urban sprawl, shrinking cities)
Urbanisation and its phases, principles and relations.
Brownfields - features and examples
Sustainable cities development.
Brno - development.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the subject's study is to gain the theoretical and methodical knowledge needed for urban development planning.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Continuously consultated seminary work focused on regulation plan of the area according the students choice.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Joerg Knieling and Frank Othengrafen: Planning Cultures in Europe, Decoding Cultural Phenomena in Urban and Regional Planning, Ashgate, 2009. (EN)
Maier, K. – Řezáč, V.: Ekonomika v území, Urbanistická ekonomika a územní rozvoj, ČVUT, Praha, 1997 (CS)
Maier, K.: Územní plánování, ČVUT, Praha, 1997 (CS)
Stefanie Dühr, Claire Colomb & Vincent Nadin: European Spatial Planning and Territorial Cooperation, Routledge, 2010. (EN)
Vyhláška Ministerstva pro místní rozvoj č. 131/1998 Sb. o územně plánovacích podkladech a územně plánovací dokumentaci (CS)
Zákon č. 183/2006 Sb. o územním plánování a stavebním řádu (stavební zákon) ve smyslu pozdějších předpisů (CS)

Recommended reading

Davoudi, S. and Strange, I. (eds), Conceptions of Space and Place in Spatial Planning, London, Routledge (RTPI Library Series), 2009 (EN)
Internet: www.mr.cz,, www.uur.cz (CS)
Philip Allmendinger: Planning Theory, 2nd Edition, Palgrave, 2009 (EN)
Zásady a pravidla územního plánování, Ústav územního rozvoje, Brno, 2005 (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme ARCHURB Master's

    branch ARCH , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme ARCHURB Bachelor's

    branch ARCH , 1 year of study, winter semester, elective