English

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Students are evaluated on the basis of a written test.

Course syllabus:

1. Historical summary of urban development of European cities up to the 19th century
2. Classical urbanisation – what it is and what led to it
3. The birth of urbanism and its initial models
4. Development of urbanism in the first half of the 20th century
5. Development of urbanism from the first half of the 20th century to the present
6. Spatial planning and its origin in Czechoslovakia
7. Brownfields, with a special focus on the Czech Republic
8. Public space in New York City (development, financing in the USA)
9. Development potential of the regions of Vienna, Brno and Bratislava
10. Legislation of spatial planning and regional development in Austria
11. Spatial planning in the Vienna region
12. Spatial planning in new districts of Vienna
13. Consultations, potentially a trip, according to students’ interests

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The course prepares students for a understanding of urban theories and urbanism as a scientific multidisciplinary discipline necessary for the current planning and development of settlements.

Preparation of seminar work and participation in the seminar.
In the case of a student's apology and with approval of the subject guarantor, personal attendance may be substituted with online attendance in the classes.

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MEIJLING, Jesper and Tigran HAAS (eds.). Essays on Jane Jacobs. Stockholm: Bokförlaget Stolpe, 2020. ISBN 978-9198523690. (EN)
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ROSSI, Aldo. The architecture of the city. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1982. Oppositions books. ISBN 978-026-2680-431. (EN)
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SITTE, Camillo. The Art of Building Cities: City Building According to Its Artistic Fundamentals. Eastford, CT: Martino Fine Books, 2013. ISBN 9781614275244 (EN)
WEIZMAN, Eyal. Hollow Land: Israel's Architecture of Occupation. London, New York: Verso, 2017. ISBN 978-1786634481. (EN)
ZUKIN, Sharon. The Innovation Complex: Cities, Tech, and the New Economy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. ISBN 978-0190083830. (EN)

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