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Basics of municipal engineering

Summary

The subject is an introduction to the problems of municipal engineering. The parts are practically an introduction to the study of other special subjects. Students will gain a basic overview of the field of urban engineering and all its contexts, learn to understand basic relationships and links in the development of urban structures.

Literature

TOWERS, G.: At home in the city: an introduction to urban housing design. Amsterdam [u.a.]: Elsevier/Architectural Press, 2005. ISBN 9780750659024 .

MADANIPOUR, A.: Cities in time: temporary urbanism and the future of the city. London: Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017. ISBN 978-1-4742-2071-2 .

JACOBS, J.: The death and life of great American cities. 50th anniversary ed. New York: Modern Library, 2011. ISBN 978-0-679-64433-0 .

SONG, H., SRINIVASAN R., SOOKOOR T., JESCHKE S., ed.: Smart cities: foundations, principles, and applications. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2017. ISBN 978-1-119-22639-0 .

TIWARI, G., MOHAN G., ed.: Transport planning & traffic safety: making cities, roads, & vehicles safer. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016. ISBN 978-1-4987-5145-2 .

Advised literature

KAHN, M. E.: Green cities: urban growth and the environment. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, c2006. ISBN 978-0815748151 .


Language of instruction čeština, angličtina
Code 222-0407
Abbreviation ZMI
Course title Basics of municipal engineering
Coordinating department Department of Urban Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Stanislav Endel, Ph.D.