Urban Social Geography: Contemporary Issues - MZ340P741

• Anglický název: Urban Social Geography: Contemporary Issues
• Český název: Urbánní sociální geografie: Současné otázky
• Zajišťuje: Katedra sociální geografie a regionálního rozvoje (31-340)
• Fakulta: Přírodovědecká fakulta
• Platnost: od 2023
• Semestr: letní
• E-Kredity: 7
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: letní s.:
• Rozsah, examinace: letní s.:2/1, Z+Zk [HT]
• Počet míst: neomezen
• Minimální obsazenost: 5
• 4EU+: ne
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
• Stav předmětu: vyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Poznámka: povolen pro zápis po webu
• Garant: prof. RNDr. Martin Ouředníček, Ph.D.
• Vyučující: prof. RNDr. Martin Ouředníček, Ph.D.; Adél Petrovic, M.A., M.Sc.; RNDr. Petra Špačková, Ph.D.
• Neslučitelnost : MZ340P74

Anotace

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

Poslední úprava: Ouředníček Martin, prof. RNDr., Ph.D. (06.04.2025)

Literatura

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.

Poslední úprava: Ouředníček Martin, prof. RNDr., Ph.D. (06.04.2025)

Požadavky ke zkoušce

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

Poslední úprava: Ouředníček Martin, prof. RNDr., Ph.D. (06.04.2025)

Sylabus

Date	Topic	Teacher
19.2.2026	-	-
26.2.2026	Introduction to the course Introduction to the Research Project Gentrification and inner city	Petra Špačková, Adela Petrovic
5.3.2026	Prague as an urban laboratory Housing and segregation	Martin Ouředníček
12.3.2026	Housing estates	Petra Špačková
19.3.2026	Test 1 + Presentations of research projects	Petra Špačková
26.3.2026	Inner-city field trip	Petra Špačková
2.4.2026	Migration and foreigners in Prague	Martin Ouředníček
9.4.2026	Daily mobility	Petra Špačková
16.4.2026	Housing estates field trip	Petra Špačková
23.4.2026	Visiting Lecturers	Nikola Jocić, Aljoša Budović
30.4.2026	Suburbanisation	Martin Ouředníček
7.5.2026	Suburban field trip	Martin Ouředníček, Dorota Mantey
14.5.2026	Test 2	Petra Špačková
TBA	Research Project Presentation - USG Conference	Petra Špačková Martin Ouředníček

Poslední úprava: Petrovic Adél, M.A., M.Sc. (08.02.2026)