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Urban and Territorial Planning

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Course Unit Code546-0130/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
STA35doc. Ing. Barbara Stalmachová, CSc.
Summary
Spatial planning, territorial decision making and building regulations in the Czech Republic and EU countries. In the area of spatial planning, attention will be focused on land-use planning documents and documentation, land management, on the principles of protection of individual landscape segments. Part of the Building Regulation Building will be explained. At the same time, state construction supervision, the institution of expropriation, construction authorities and the building law and related legislation will be discussed. Students will be acquainted with landscape planning issues in the Czech Republic with a focus on a landscape character protection.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with issues of spatial planning, territorial decision making and building regulations in the Czech Republic and EU countries. In the area of spatial planning, attention will be focused on land-use planning documents and documentation, land management, on the principles of protection of individual landscape segments. Part of the Building Regulation Building will be explained. At the same time, state construction supervision, the institution of expropriation, construction authorities and the building law and related legislation will be discussed. Students will be acquainted with landscape planning issues in the Czech Republic with a focus on a landscape character protection.
Povinná literatura
Course Contents
1. Introduction, basic concepts - planning, spatial planning, regional and spatial planning.
2. Beginnings and development of spatial and regional planning in Europe and the USA.
3. Problems of planning and approaches to solutions in Europe.
4. Perspective of European Area Development, Strategy and Recommendations for Sustainable Development of the Territory.
5. Industrial agglomerations in the European space, their development and localization from the 19th century. to the present; regional planning.
6. Revitalization of postindustrial territories and their importance in spatial planning concepts.
7. Spatial Planning in the Czech Republic, Spatial Planning Tools and Town Planning Processes.
8. Concept of development of the territory, urbanistic concept and concept of landscape arrangement, conditions of land use
9. Current issues of spatial planning, the role of the planning entity in the process of sustainable land use, brownfields, public and private interest.
10. Territorial Plan, Territorial Planning Documents and Territorial Planning Documents.
11. Instruments for the protection of settlement and landscape values.
12. European Landscape Convention and its Importance for Territorial and Landscape Planning.
13. Conservation of Nature and Landscape in the Czech Republic. Landscape character protection.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
WALDHEIM CH., The Landscape Urbanism Reader. Princeton Arch. Press. 2006.
WARD, S. V. Planning and Urban Change. 2nd ed. London: SAGE Publications, 2004.
CATANESE A.J., SNYDER J.C. Urban Planning. McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 2006.
HALL, P. Urban and Regional Planning. Routledge, London 2002
MAIER, K. Hospodaření a rozvoj českých měst 1850–1938. Praha: Academia, 2005.
MAIER, K. Územní plánování. Praha: FA ČVUT, 2000.
SKLENIČKA, P. Základy krajinného plánování. Nakladatelství N. Skleničková, Říčany. 2002.
WALDHEIM CH., The Landscape Urbanism Reader. Princeton Arch. Press. 2006.
Recommended Reading:
DRIESSEN, P.M., KONIJN, N.T. Land-use Systems Analysis. Wageningen Agric. Univ., Wageningen. 1992.
TRESS, B., TRESS, G., FRY, G., OPDAM, P. (eds.) From landscape research to landscape planning: Aspects of integration, education and application. Springer. Amsterdam. 2005.
FORMAN, R.T.T., GODRON, M. Landscape Ecology. J. Wiley and Sons, New York. 1986.
ZONNEVELD, I.S. Land Evaluation and Land (scape) Science. International Training Center, Enschede, The Netherlands. 1979.
HRŮZA, J. Slovník soudobého urbanismu. Praha: Odeon, 1977.
Zákon č. 183/2006 Sb., o územním plánování a stavebním řádu (stavební zákon) v platném znění
Vyhláška č. 500/2006 Sb., o územně analytických podkladech, územně plánovací dokumentaci a způsobu evidence územně plánovací činnosti v platném znění
Vyhláška č. 501/2006 Sb., o obecných požadavcích na využívání území v platném znění
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
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 34