MKR_MRMR Urban and Regional Development Management

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
26/0/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Josef Kunc, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Jiří Velinský (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Tonev, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Michal Struk, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Josef Kunc, Ph.D.
Department of Regional Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Ing. Iveta Suchomelová Vašíčková
Supplier department: Department of Regional Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Fri 1. 10. 16:00–19:50 P403, Fri 15. 10. 12:00–15:50 P403, Fri 5. 11. 16:00–19:50 P102, Fri 19. 11. 12:00–15:50 P403, Sat 27. 11. 12:00–15:50 P403
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 66 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 2/66, only registered: 0/66, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/66
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
In the context of historical development, municipalities as a basic part of selfgovernment, fulfil a range of functions nowadays. In the legislative framework they were given a range of competencies, that can be realized in various ways. The course is focused on confrontation of theoretical possibilities and practical ways of their realization, especially in the area of socio-economic and territorial development. In the selected cases, Czech solutions are compared with foreign experience.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
- define the basic principles of functioning of municipalities;
- characterize the basic instruments of municipality management;
- describe the budgetary process at the municipal level;
- identify different types of municipal budget revenues and expenditures;
- explain the impact of economic change on urban development;
- understand the organization of transport and the provision of civic services in city;
- interpret the current development of cities in relation to their future.
Syllabus
  • 1. Municipal constitution in the Czech Republic, legislative framework. Autonomous and delegated authority. Municipality bodies and their competences.
  • 2. Functions of cities. Historical development of municipalities. Size structure of municipalities.
  • 3. Basic management instruments of cities. Strategic planning.
  • 4. Municipality budget outlook. Linkage with other tools for municipality management (budget, strategic plan).
  • 5. Municipal budget. Budgetary process, budget composition. Revenues and expenditures of municipal budgets.
  • 6. Globalization and its influence on the changes of cities.
  • 7. Postmodern and post-industrial city.
  • 8. Sustainable, cultural and creative city.
  • 9. Transport and environment in cities.
  • 10. Quality of life in cities.
  • 11. Urban planning and urbanism.
  • 12. Urban development in historical and contemporary perspective. The future of cities.
Literature
    required literature
  • HRABALOVÁ, Simona. Teorie a praxe rozvoje měst a obcí (Theory and practice of towns and municipalities development). 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2004, 99 pp. ISBN 80-210-3356-8. Internetové stránky předmětu info
    recommended literature
  • VITURKA, Milan, Petr HALÁMEK, Viktorie KLÍMOVÁ, Vilém PAŘIL and Vladimír ŽÍTEK. Regionální rozvoj, politika a správa. Díl 1: Regionální rozvoj (Regional development, policy and administration, Volume 1: Regional development). Brno: ESF MU, 2015, 242 pp. info
  • VITURKA, Milan, Petr HALÁMEK, Viktorie KLÍMOVÁ, Vilém PAŘIL and Vladimír ŽÍTEK. Regionální rozvoj, politika a správa. Díl 2: Politika a správa. (Regional development, policy and administration, Volume 2: Regional policy and administration.). další spoluautoři: Labounková Vladimíra, Šich Pavel. Brno: ESF MU, 2015, 218 pp. info
  • KADEŘÁBKOVÁ, Jaroslava and Jitka PEKOVÁ. Územní samospráva - udržitelný rozvoj a finance. 1. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer Česká republika, 2012, 297 s. ISBN 9788073579104. info
  • Cities & sovereigntyidentity politics in urban spaces. Edited by Diane E. Davis - Nora Libertun de Duren. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2011, vi, 272 p. ISBN 9780253005069. info
  • PEKOVÁ, Jitka. Finance územní samosprávy : teorie a praxe v ČR. Praha: Wolters Kluwer Česká republika, 2011, 587 s. ISBN 9788073576141. info
  • PEKOVÁ, J. Veřejné finance, úvod do problematiky. 4. vyd. Praha: ASPI, a.s., 2008, 580 pp. ISBN 978-80-7357-358-4. info
  • ALLEN, Peter M. Cities and regions as self-organizing systems : models of complexity. Amsterdam: Gordon and breach science publishers, 1997, xvii, 275. ISBN 9056990713. info
Teaching methods
Lessons take a form of lectures. Reading of the obligatory literature is expected.
Assessment methods
The course is concluded by the written exam. Student can attend the exam provided that she/he fulfils given condition:
- she/he hands in a seminar work in a given extent and a structure to the obligatory date.
Detailed information concerning the seminar work is available at study materials of the course in the IS MU.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: tutoriál 20 hodin.
Credit evaluation note: k=2.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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