Course detail

Development planning of the city and region

FA-3M6Acad. year: 2021/2022

Theoretical principles and rules of planning cities and regions with focus on functional, operational and spatial composition. Planning cities and regions, basic theoretical training.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. arch. Kateřina Dokoupilová Pazderková, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Urban Design (UU)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The knowledge gained presents introduction to a deeper theoretical research, and will be made use of in urban planning practice and in urban development management

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of urbanism 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 eaxm is related with seminary work topic.

Course curriculum

Urbanism and urban planning, terms and relations, urban planning instruments in Czech republic.
Town develpoment history, urban planning history. 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 formulating urban development concepts.

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

Continuously consultated seminary work focused on contemporary city (city district, urban project) development problem according the students choice.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Evropská charta urbanismu, anglické znění, Rozhodnutí EU č.234, 1992 (EN)
Stefanie Dühr, Claire Colomb & Vincent Nadin: European Spatial Planning and Territorial Cooperation, Routledge, 2010. (EN)
Zahraniční urbanistické a architektonické časopisy dle aktuální nabídky (EN)
Zákon č. 183/2006 Sb. o územním plánování a stavebním řádu (stavební zákon) a prováděcí vyhlášky (CS)

Recommended reading

Davoudi, S. and Strange, I. (eds), Conceptions of Space and Place in Strategic Spatial Planning, London, Routledge (RTPI Library Series), 2009 (EN)
Europa and architecture tomorrow, ČKA, Letenská 5, Praha I, 1997 (EN)
Gehl, J.: Live between building, 1999 (EN)
Joerg Knieling and Frank Othengrafen: Planning Cultures in Europe, Decoding Cultural Phenomena in Urban and Regional Planning, Ashgate, 2009. (EN)
Lynch,K.: The Image of The City, 1992 (EN)
Stefanie Dühr, Claire Colomb & Vincent Nadin: European Spatial Planning and Territorial Cooperation, Routledge, 2010 (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BX_A+U Bachelor's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective
  • Programme NX_A+U Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme ARCHURB Bachelor's

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

  • Programme ARCHURB Master's

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

Type of course unit

 

Special seminar

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. arch. Kateřina Dokoupilová Pazderková, Ph.D.