222-0409 – Sustainable urban development (URM)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Urban Engineering
Subject guarantordoc. Ing. et Ing. František Kuda, CSc.
Study levelundergraduate or graduate
Subject version
Version codeYear of introductionYear of cancellationCredits
222-0409/01 2019/2020 5
222-0409/02 2019/2020 5

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Objective of the course in terms of learning outcomes and competences The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the basics of spatial planning documentation, spatial planning authorities and other related problems.

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Summary

The course will cover issues of spatial planning, territorial decision-making and building regulations. In the part on spatial planning, attention will be focused on land-use planning documentation and documentation, territorial management, territorial systems of ecological stability and principles of protection zones and protection of specially protected areas. Part of building regulations will explain building permit and use. At the same time, state construction supervision, the institution of expropriation, construction authorities and the building law and related legislation will be discussed.

Compulsory literature:

HALL, P., TEWDWR-JONES, M.: Urban and regional planning. 5th ed. New York: Routledge, c2011. ISBN 978-0415566520. 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.

Recommended literature:

GIROUARD, M.: Cities & people: a social and architectural history. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1985. ISBN 978-0300035025.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.