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Lecturer(s)
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Tlustý Vladislav, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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City, urban region, definition of basic concepts, structures and scales. Different perspectives of interdisciplinary urban research. Emergence and development of cities (pre-industrial, industrial and post-industrial phases). Theories and models of spatial organisation and development of cities and urban regions. Processes and determinants of the development of urban structures (political-administrative, normative, technological, economic, social and cultural). Metropolises and metropolitanisation processes. Concepts and discourses of urban planning and development (sustainable city, green city, resilient city, shrinking city, city marketing, creative city, smart city, cittaslow, 'right to the city', just city, neoliberal city, short-distance city, post-political and post-secular city, etc.). Trends, problems, visions and utopias in the development of cities of different categories. Urban/ Metropolitan governance (actors, scales, governance structures, models, tools, examples of good practice). EU and Czech urban policy (Leipzig Charter for Sustainable Urban Development and other conceptual and strategic documents).
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Project-based instruction, Students' portfolio, Task-based study method, Individual study
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 40 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 38 hours per semester
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| orientation in basic knowledge about municipality, cities and regions from economic, political and administrative aspect |
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| analysis and interpretation of empirical data and information |
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| critical assessment of development assumptions based on the study of literature and empirical analyzes |
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| appropriately apply theories and theoretical concepts of local and regional development and their appropriate use in the conditions of Czech municipalities, cities and regions |
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| effectively derive benefit from basic analytical, planning, evaluation and project approaches to development municipality, cities and regions |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Task-based study method |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
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| Written exam |
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Recommended literature
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Blakely, Edward James; Leigh, Nancey Green. Planning local economic development : theory and practice. 4th ed. Los Angeles : Sage, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4129-6093-9.
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Ježek, Jiří. Budování konkurenceschopnosti měst a regionů v teorii a praxi. V Plzni : Západočeská univerzita, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7043-632-5.
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Ježek, Jiří. Diskurzy v plánování a rozvoji měst. Plzeň. 2024.
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Nemec, Juraj. Management veřejné správy : teorie a praxe : zkušenosti z transformace veřejné správy ze zemí střední a východní Evropy. Vyd. 1. Praha : Ekopress, 2003. ISBN 80-86119-70-X.
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Pauličková, Renáta. Teoretické otázky regionálneho a mestského marketingu. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 2005. ISBN 80-7043-365-5.
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Potůček, Martin. Manuál prognostických metod. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2006. ISBN 80-86429-55-5.
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Potůček, Martin,; Musil, Jiří,; Mašková, Miroslava. Strategické volby pro českou společnost : teoretická východiska. Vyd. 1. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2008. ISBN 978-80-86429-86-1.
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Potůček, Martin. Putování českou budoucností. 1. vyd. Praha : Gutenberg, 2003. ISBN 80-86349-09-8.
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Stimson, Robert John; Stough, Roger R.; Roberts, Brian H. Regional economic development : analysis and planning strategy. 2st ed. Berlin : Springer, 2006. ISBN 3-540-34826-3.
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Veselý, Arnošt,; Nekola, Martin,; Drhová, Zuzana. Analýza a tvorba veřejných politik : přístupy, metody a praxe. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2007. ISBN 978-80-86429-75-5.
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