The course aims to acquire the basic concepts of urban planning. Theories and methods will be compared and documented, highlighting their characteristics. An analysis of Western historical criteria and practices will then be accompanied by essays on post-colonial urbanism centered on the concept of the Global South.
Lectureship: doc. Giovanna Potesta'
Last update: Uherek Zdeněk, doc. PhDr., CSc. (09.09.2023)
Course completion requirements
Knowledge assessment will comprehend: - attendance 10% - class interaction 20% - class test 20% - class work 50%
Last update: Uherek Zdeněk, doc. PhDr., CSc. (03.08.2023)
Literature
Books: - Abbot C (2020); City Planning. A very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. - Dunay A, Speck J, Lydon M (2010); The Smart Growth Manual. Mc Graw Hill.
Journal articles: - Njoh A (2010) "Europeans, modern urban planning g and the acculturation of ‘racial others'"; Planning Theory, Vol 9(4), pp 369-378. - Roy A (2005) "Urban Informality. Toward an Epistemology of Planning"; Journal of the American Planning Association, Vol 71(2). - Watson V (2016) "Shifting Approaches to Planning Theory: Global North and South"; Urban Planning, Vol 1(4), pp 32-41. - Storper M, Scott AJ (2016) "Current Debates in Urban Theory: a Critical Assessment"; Urban Studies, Vol 53(6), pp 1114-1136. - Alexander E (2022) "On planning, planning theories, and practices: A critical reflection; Planning Theory, Vol 21(2), pp 181-211. - AlSayyad N (2004) Urban Informality as a "New" way of life; Roy A and N Al Sayyad (eds) Urban Informality: Transnational Perspectives from the Middle East, Latin America, and South Asia; Lexington Books. - Harris R (2018) "Modes of Informal Urban Development: A Global Phenomenon"; Journal of Planning Literature 2018, Vol. 33(3), pp 267-286.
Last update: Uherek Zdeněk, doc. PhDr., CSc. (03.08.2023)
