Z4044 Urban geography

Faculty of Science
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ondřej Mulíček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Martina Pacasová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Ondřej Mulíček, Ph.D.
Timetable
Thu 14:00–15:50 Z3,02045
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
Z4044/01: Thu 16:00–16:50 Z3,02045, M. Pacasová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
PROGRAM ( N - GK )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: geographical exploration of urban issues; to give an overview of urban theories and concepts; to analyze the urban development under different societal and economic conditions; to provide methods and techniques of urban analyses.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the urban geography, subject, development, approaches
  • 2. Origin of cities, pre-industrial city - concepts & structures
  • 3. Cities and industrial revolution, industrial city
  • 4. Social ecology of the city
  • 5. Post-industrial city - approaches, concepts and issues
  • 6. Socialist city - spatial processes & structures
  • 7. Post-socialist city - spatial transformation
  • 8. Global city
Literature
  • The urban geography reader. Edited by Nicholas R. Fyfe - Judith T. Kenny. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2005, xii, 404. ISBN 0415307023. info
  • PACIONE, Michael. Urban geography : a global perspective. London: Routledge, 2001, xliii, 663. ISBN 0-415-19195-5. info
  • A companion to the city. Edited by Gary Bridge - Sophie Watson. 1st publ. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2000, xiv, 640 s. ISBN 0-631-21052-0. info
  • CADWALLADER, Martin. Urban geography :an analytical approach. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1996, ix, 406 s. ISBN 0-13-341637-2. info
  • KNOX, Paul L. Urban social geography : an introduction. 3rd ed. Essex: Longman, 1996, x, 350. ISBN 0582229375. info
  • MUSIL, Jiří. Sociologie soudobého města. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1967, 320 s. URL info
Assessment methods
Teaching methods - lectures, class discussion, homeworks, reading, class exercises and group projects. Colloquium (oral) takes into account basic orientation in the subject and ability to work independently during class exercises.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2008, recent)
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