Ze2BP_GMB3 Urban Geography

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ing. Libor Lněnička, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ing. Libor Lněnička, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
Successful ending of course Ze2BP_GOP3 Geography of Population and Settlements.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
Course objectives
Main objectives this cource are follows: - to get basic survey of actual conteption in geography of cities; - the consecutive survey and interactive analysis of hometown; - to get basic survey of city development in Czech republic. At the edn of course students should be albe to use the method of urban development in practises and to do city urban plan.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduce to geography of cities. 2. Cities conception, pre-industry city. 3. Cities and industrial revolution. Industry city. 4. Post-industry city. New conception and accesses. 5. Socialistic city. New conception and accesses. 6. Post-socialistic city. Space Transformation. 7. Space structur of cities and her changes 8. The Athen´s Chart document. 9. The European Urban Charter. 10. The Leipzig Charter on Sustainable European Cities.
Literature
  • SHORT, John Rennie. Human settlement (Orig.) : Lidská sídla. info
  • MUSIL, Jiří. Sociologie soudobého města. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1967, 320 s. URL info
  • VOTRUBEC, Ctibor. Lidská sídla, jejich typy a rozmístění ve světě. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1980, 393 s. URL info
  • CADWALLADER, Martin. Urban geography :an analytical approach. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1996, ix, 406 s. ISBN 0-13-341637-2. info
  • KNOX, Paul L. and Steven PINCH. Urban social geography : an introduction. 5th ed. Harlow: Pearson, 2006, xvi, 375. ISBN 0131249444. info
Teaching methods
The cours is teaching throught lectures and exercises. Students have semestr project about territorial plan their home city. After preapering students refer about projects in class discusion.
Assessment methods
semestr paper and his presentation. Written test at the end of semestr.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Course is no more offered.
The course is taught every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: V případě, že se zaregistruje méně než 5 studentů, předmět se nebude vyučovat ve zvoleném období
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012.
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