BKR_PROP Spatial Planning in CR and EU

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Tonev, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Tonev, 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
Sat 5. 10. 8:00–11:50 P302a, Fri 29. 11. 12:00–15:50 P302b
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FORMA(K)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Spatial planning refers to the methods used by the public sector to influence the future distribution of activities in spaces of various scales. It is undertaken with the aims of creating a more rational territorial organisation of land uses and the linkages between them, to balance demands for development with the need to protect the environment, and to achieve social and economic objectives. Spatial planning embraces measures to co-ordinate the spatial impacts of other sectoral policies, to achieve a more even distribution of economic development between regions than would otherwise be created by market forces, and to regulate the conversion of land and property uses. Spatial planning includes all levels of land use planning including urban planning, regional planning, national spatial plans, and in the European Union international levels. In lectures fundamental information about spatial planning in the EU and Czech Republic is supplied, its objectives and problems, its fundamental concepts and tools, together with guidance to the course literature. In papers the skills and capacity for applying, analysing, and communicating acquired knowledge is trained. In addition, the ability to independently obtain and assess new information is trained.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to: • describe the way that the system of spatial planning (town a country planning) has evolved and changed in the Czech Republic during the 20th/21st century, and how it is used to address issues of development in the built and natural environment; • demonstrate an understanding of a range of spatial planning policy, legislative and hierarchical issues within European, national, regional, and local contexts; • describe spatial planning policy processes and practice and their outcomes at all hierarchical levels; • identify the tensions between spatial planning policy and practice; • discuss the role of key stakeholders in implementation including the role of the general public, government agencies, statutory bodies etc.
Syllabus
  • 1. Course introduction, object of study, basic terminology of spatial planning.
  • 2. History of physical planning with emphasis on Czech Republic.
  • 3. Legislation on town and country planning in the Czech Republic (history, recent amendments).
  • 4. Planning tools and planning authorities in the Czech Republic.
  • 5.-6. Some contemporary problems of spatial development (suburbanization, urban sprawl etc.).
  • 7. Strategic spatial planning (history, objectives, tools).
  • 8. Strategic spatial planning in the Czech Republic after 1989.
  • 9. Transnational spatial planning in Europe – history and significant documents (European Regional/Spatial Planning Charter, European Spatial Development Perspective, Territorial agenda of the European Union etc.).
  • 10. European Union spatial policies.
  • 11. General overview of planning systems in EU member countries – context, principles, hierarchical structure, planning tools.
  • 12. Overview of planning systems in selected EU countries (Germany, Austria, and Slovakia).
Literature
    required literature
  • REIMER, M, P GETIMIS and H BLOTEVOGEL. Spatial Planning Systems and Practices in Europe: A Comparative Perspective on Continuity and Changes. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis, 2014, 332 pp. info
  • TUŠER, Jaroslav and Jakub KOTRLA. Obec a územní plánování : postavení a činnost obcí v územním plánování. Vydání čtvrté. Brno: Ústav územního rozvoje, 2019, 41 stran. ISBN 9788087318775. info
  • JEŽEK, J. a kol. Strategické plánování obcí, měst a regionů: vybrané problémy, výzvy a možnosti řešení. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2015. 214 stran. ISBN 978-80-7552-263-4. online: https://shorturl.at/PZBb1
    recommended literature
  • DÜHR, Stefanie, Claire COLOMB and Vincent NADIN. European spatial planning and territorial cooperation. 1st ed. London: Routledge, 2010, xxviii, 45. ISBN 9780203895290. info
  • MAIER, Karel. Územní plánování a udržitelný rozvoj. 1. vyd. Praha: ABF, 2008, 100 s. ISBN 9788086905471. info
    not specified
  • MAIER, Karel. Územní plánování. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 2004, 85 s. ISBN 8001022404. info
Teaching methods
The course is taught in the form of tutorials. Reading of the obligatory literature is expected.
Assessment methods
The methods of assessment are twofold. The first involves a short term paper (of approximately 1500 words length, 25% contribution to the course assessment) on an agreed topic. The aim is to develop students’ understanding of planning practise at local level.
The second is a written examination (a short answer format, 75% contribution to the course assessment). The examination seeks to test students’ knowledge, understanding and learning competencies from the lecture and seminar series, and their ability to synthesise that knowledge and answer specific questions relating to the course material.
It is necessary to gain more than 60 % of overall assessment (paper + written examination) to pass the exam.
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 8 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2022.
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