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Principles of Sustainable Urban Development

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Course Unit Code222-0502/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
END014Ing. Stanislav Endel, Ph.D.
Summary
Students are acquainted with all documentation necessary for the development of settlements. Emphasis is placed on the basic principles of sustainable development with all its basic pillars. Within the environmental pillar, attention is paid to the basic aspects of sustainable landscape development in the residential environment. In the framework of studying the economic pillar, the students are acquainted with the basic principles of European grant titles.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Learning outcomes of the course unit The aim of the course is to develop and extend students knowledge of engineering urbanism and spatial planning. Attention is focused on basic urban functions and their interconnection with spatial planning tools in line with the general principles of sustainable settlement development.
Course Contents
1. Introduction, basic concepts
2. Legislative documents related to spatial planning
3. Spatial planning documents, spatial development policy, principles of territorial development
4. Territorial Plan, Regulatory Plan, Territorial Decision, Territorial Measure
5. The process of acquiring the TCP
6. Basic functions of the city
7. Basic urban areas from the perspective of the user
8. Sustainable development and its relation to spatial planning
9. Greenery in the city
10. Green in the village and in the open countryside
11. Particularly protected parts of nature
12. Water areas in urban development
13. Possibilities of financing of territorial development, European subsidies
14. Aggregate Repetition, Time Reserve
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
BOOTH, N.: Foundations of Landscape Architecture: Integrating Form and Space Using the Language of Site Design. New Jersey: John Wiley & sons, Inc, 2012. ISBN 978-0-470-63505-6.

DALY, H., E.: Beyond growth: the economics of sustainable development. Boston: Beacon Press, c1996. ISBN 0-8070-4709-0.

WEBER, R., CRANE, R., ed.: The Oxford handbook of urban planning. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-19-023526-0.

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.
KONVIČKA, M.: Město a povodeň. Praha: Era group, 2002. ISBN 978-80-8651-738-4.
KYSELKA, I.: Architektura krajiny a rekreace (architektura a urbanismus krajiny a zeleně), Ostrava: VŠB-TUO, 2007. ISBN 978-80-248-1642-5.
MAIER, K., a kol.: Udržitelný rozvoj území. Praha: Grada, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-4198-7.
PACLOVÁ, H., a kol.: Územní plánování a související problematika. Ostrava: VŠB-TUO, 2012. ISBN 978-80-248-2822-0.

DUŠEK, J.: Udržitelný rozvoj v kontextu rozvoje regionů, obcí a států. České Budějovice: Vysoká škola evropských a regionálních studií, 2014. ISBN 978-80-87472-71-2.
Recommended Reading:
GEHL, J.: Cities for people. Washington: Island Press, c2010. ISBN 978-1-59726-574-4.
GEHL, J.: Města pro lidi, Brno: Partnerství, o.p.s., 2012, ISBN 978-80-260-2080-6.
Kolektiv autorů. Prostory, průvodce tvorbou a obnovou veřejných prostranství. Praha: Nadace Partnerství, 2014. ISBN 978-80-904918-6-1.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit35 17
        ExaminationExamination65 33