222-0502 – Principles of Sustainable Urban Development (ZUR)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Urban Engineering
Subject guarantordoc. Ing. Jan Petrů, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduate
Subject version
Version codeYear of introductionYear of cancellationCredits
222-0502/01 2019/2020 5
222-0502/02 2019/2020 5

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

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.

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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.

Compulsory literature:

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.

Recommended literature:

GEHL, J.: Cities for people. Washington: Island Press, c2010. ISBN 978-1-59726-574-4.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.