MPR_MRMR Urban and Regional Development Management

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Josef Kunc, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Tonev, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Markéta Novotná, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Josef Kunc, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Petr Tonev, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Markéta Novotná, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Soňa Raszková (assistant)
Ing. Petr Šašinka, Ph.D. (assistant)
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
Mon 16:00–17:50 P303, except Mon 18. 9., except Mon 6. 11.
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
MPR_MRMR/01: Wed 16:00–17:50 S311, except Wed 20. 9., except Wed 8. 11., J. Kunc, M. Novotná, P. Tonev
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: 23/66, 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, cities today fulfill a number of functions as a basic element of civil self-government. Cities and metropolitan areas are the driving forces of both advanced and post-socialist economies. Cities and urban systems have undergone a major spatial, social and economic transformation in the last two centuries and especially in the last decades. Territorial and strategic planning is an important element of the function of cities. Using selected examples and case studies, Czech solutions are compared with foreign experiences. Confrontation of theoretical possibilities and practical ways of their implementation, especially in the field of social economic and territorial development, is the focus of this subject.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Describe and interpret the origin and development of cities and urban systems, explain the basic principles of the functioning of towns, cities and metropolitan areas;
- describe and explain the recent historical development of settlements and cities in the Czech Republic;
- clarify the development trajectories of the pre-industrial, industrial and post-industrial city;
- explain the effects of spatial, social and economic changes on the development of towns and cities;
- understand and describe the current trends of sustainable, cultural and creative city;
- understand strategic planning at the level of cities and metropolitan areas;
- explain the basics of European and Czech urban policy;
- interpret the current development of cities in relation to their future.
Syllabus
  • 1. Globalization – spatial, social and economic restructuring of cities.
  • 2. Basic terms and terms, the city as a pole of development, phases of the development of cities and urban systems.
  • 3. Functions of cities. Historical development of municipalities. Size structure of municipalities.
  • 4. Modern historical development and the present of settlements and cities in the Czech Republic.
  • 5.The rise and fall of the city. History written into the present.
  • 6. Industrial and post-industrial city.
  • 7. Spatial and socio-economic transformation of cities and metropolitan areas in Central Europe.
  • 8. Sustainable city, tourism in the city.
  • 9. Transport, and the environment in the city.
  • 10. Soatial and strategic planning of cities and metropolitan areas, urbanism, urban development.
  • 11. European and Czech urban policy.
  • 12. Urban development in historical and contemporary perspective. The future of cities and metropolitan areas.
Literature
    required literature
  • CUDNY, Waldemar and Josef KUNC. Growth and Change in Post-socialist Cities of Central Europe. 1st ed. London and New York: Routledge, 2022, 261 pp. Routledge Contemporary Perspectives on Urban Growth, Innovation and Change. ISBN 978-0-367-48447-7. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003039792. URL info
  • HORSKÁ, Pavla, Eduard MAUR and Jiří MUSIL. Zrod velkoměsta : urbanizace českých zemí a Evropa. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2002, 352 s. ISBN 8071854093. 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
  • PACIONE, Michael. Urban geography : a global perspective. 3rd ed. London: Routledge, 2009, xxxi, 703. ISBN 9780415462020. info
    not specified
  • HALL, Tim and Heather L. BARRETT. Urban geography. Fifth edition. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018, 383 stran. ISBN 9781138101821. info
  • The spaces of the modern city : imaginaries, politics, and everyday life. Edited by Gyan Prakash - Kevin Michael Kruse. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008, x, 457. ISBN 9780691133393. info
  • A companion to urban economics. Edited by Richard Arnott - Daniel P. McMillen. Malden: Blackwell, 2006, xxvii, 574. ISBN 9781405106290. info
Teaching methods
The course takes the form of lectures and seminars. The basic facts about relevant topics are explained at lectures. These facts are further discussed in seminars. Both theoretical approaches and concepts are used, as well as information and interpretation from application practice and specific case studies from the Czech Republic and abroad.
Assessment methods
The course is concluded by the written exam. Student can enroll for the final exam provided that she/he fulfils following conditions:
- she/he elaborate a seminar paper/seminar project in a given extent and a structure to the obligatory date,
- she/he will have the required attendance at seminars.
In order to pass the exam, students are required to gain at least 60 % of points (usually 18 out of 30) for their final test.
Detailed information concerning the seminar work is available at study materials of the course in the IS MU.
If the student enrolls in the course during his/her trip abroad (e.g., Erasmus), he/she must prepare a seminar paper of the required quality assigned by the teacher and demonstrate knowledge of theoretical contexts in order to sign up for the exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Credit evaluation note: k=2.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2023, recent)
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