The course discusses key themes and trends in contemporary urban social geography. In-class lectures focus on segregation, daily mobility, gentrification, suburbanization and other topics, allowing to compare research from Prague with other European cities. The course also offers three field trips (to an inner city neighborhood, a housing estate and a suburb of Prague). The emphasis of the course is on reading and discussion as well as on own field work and its presentation and cooperation within the student´s teams. Participation and co-operation of Czech and Erasmus students as well as urban geographers and students of other disciplines is encouraged, giving the opportunity for networking and exchange of ideas across countries and fields of study. Completion of previous courses in urban geography is not required.
More information in Moodle: http://dl2.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=737
Last update: Ouředníček Martin, prof. RNDr., Ph.D. (06.04.2025)
Literature
KAPLAN, D., WHEELER, J., HOLLOWAY, S. (2003): Urban Geography. New York: Wiley Publishers.
KNOX, P., PINCH, S. (2010): Urban Social Geography: An Introduction. New York: Prentice Hall.
LEY, D. (1983): A Social Geography of the City. New York: Harper and Row.
OUŘEDNÍČEK, M. ed. (2022): Prague and Central Bohemia: Current Population Processes and Socio-Spatial Differentiation. Prague: Karolinum Press,
PACIONE, M. (2005): Urban Geography: A Global Perspective. Routledge.
PADDISON, R. ed. (2001): Handbook of Urban Studies. Sage. London.
PHILLIPS, E.B. (1996): City Lights: Urban-Suburban Life in the Global Society. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Last update: Ouředníček Martin, prof. RNDr., Ph.D. (06.04.2025)
Requirements to the exam
Basic level (credit = zápočet)
Total score in tests I and II > 50 %
Attendance of at least 7 lectures/field trips, including compulsory attendance of tests and USG Conference
Timely submission of at least 5 pre-class assignments (submitted via Moodle, annotation of required reading + answers to all questions suggested in Moodle)
Exam
Same conditions as for basic level plus:
Activity and discussion of required readings in class
Research project (in pairs) - all partial tasks to be submitted in Moodle and on time, see details in Moodle
discussion of research questions and brief literature review
discussion of methodology
submission of draft paper
presentation of research project - "USG conference"
submission of final research paper + discussion during the exam
Last update: Ouředníček Martin, prof. RNDr., Ph.D. (06.04.2025)
Syllabus
Date
Topic
Teacher
20.2.2025
Introduction to the course Introduction to the Research Project Prague as an urban laboratory
Adela Petrovic Petra Špačková Martin Ouředníček
27.2.2025
Gentrification and inner city
Petra Špačková
6.3.2025
Housing and segregation
Martin Ouředníček
13.3.2025
Housing estates
Petra Špačková
20.3.2025
Test 1 + Presentations of research projects
Martin Ouředníček, Petra Špačková, Adela Petrovic
27.3.2025
Migration and foreigners in Prague
Martin Ouředníček
3.4.2025
Suburbanisation
Martin Ouředníček
10.4.2025
Daily mobility
Petra Špačková, Adela Petrovic
17.4.2025
Housing estates field trip
Petra Špačková
24.4.2025
Suburban field trip
Martin Ouředníček
1.5.2025
Public Holiday - no lecture
8.5.2025
Public Holiday - no lecture
15.5.2025
Inner-city field trip
Petra Špačková, Adela Petrovic
19.5-23.5.
Test 2
online
29.5.&11.6.
Research Project Presentation - USG Conference
Petra Špačková Martin Ouředníček Adela Petrovic
Last update: Petrovic Adél, M.A., M.Sc. (19.02.2025)
