Urban and Regional Economics
General data
Course ID: | 1900-5-EMiR |
Erasmus code / ISCED: |
14.6
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Course title: | Urban and Regional Economics |
Name in Polish: | Ekonomika miast i regionów |
Organizational unit: | Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies |
Course groups: |
(in Polish) Przedmioty obowiązkowe, dzienne studia I stopnia (kierunek Gospodarka przestrzenna) |
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
(not available)
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Language: | Polish |
Main fields of studies for MISMaP: | spatial development |
Type of course: | obligatory courses |
Mode: | Blended learning |
Short description: |
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with contemporary trends of development of cities and urban regions, ways of solving problems associated with this, instruments of management and financing urban development, as well as legislative solutions that help to improve the effectiveness of urbanized areas. The lecture relates to issues such as urban planning, spatial planning, spatial management, urban geography, and links to key documents regulating urban policy. |
Full description: |
Program of the course: 1. spatial expansion of cities, stages of urban development, the thresholds theory of B. Malisz, the threshold analysis 2. urban sprawl - causes, course of the process, consequences 3. metropolises, metropolisation, social changes taking place in metropolises, metropolis in Poland 4. metropolitan areas and their spatial structure, management of metropolitan areas, legal status in this area in Poland 5. sustainable urban development – rules and practice, sustainable development audit 6. role of public spaces in cities, the "city on a human scale" 7. revitalization of cities - its essence, problematic areas in cities, legal and organizational issues related to revitalization 8. mandatory plans in municipalities, integrated planning and management, building partnerships in space management and investment financing 9. new approaches to financing urban development 10. territorial marketing and promotion of cities / municipalities 11. urban policy - current legal status in Poland, EU guidelines regarding implementation of urban policy, needs in this issue 12. problems and development opportunities for small towns in Poland |
Bibliography: |
1. Brol R. (red.), Ekonomika i zarządzanie miastem, AE Wrocław, 2004 2. Broszkiewicz R., Podstawy gospodarki miejskiej, AE Wrocław, 1997 3. Czornik M., Miasto. Ekonomiczne aspekty funkcjonowania, AE Katowice, 2004 4. Markowski T., Zarządzanie rozwojem miast, PWN, Warszawa, 1999 5. Klasik A., Kuźnik F. (red.), Zarządzanie strategiczne rozwojem lokalnym i regionalnym, AE Katowice, 2001 6. Parysek J., Podstawy gospodarki lokalnej, UAM Poznań, 1997 7. Pęski W., Zarządzanie zrównoważonym rozwojem miast, Wydawnictwo Arkady, Warszawa, 1999 8. Regulski J., Ekonomika miast, PWE, 1982 9. Jechtuchowicz A., Rzeńcy A. (red.), Współczesne wyzwania miast i regionów, WUŁ, Łódź, 2009 10. Krzysztofek K., Szczepański M., Zrozumieć rozwój. Od społeczeństw tradycyjnych do informacyjnych, Wyd. Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, Katowice, 2002 11. Porter M.E., Porter o konkurencji, Wyd. PWE, Warszawa, 2001 12. Strahl D. (red.), Metody oceny rozwoju regionalnego, Wyd. AE Wrocław, 2006 13. Słodczyk J (red.), Rozwój miast i zarządzanie gospodarką miejską, Wyd. UO, Opole, 2004 14. Noworól A., Planowanie rozwoju terytorialnego w skali regionalnej i lokalnej, WUJ, Kraków, 2007 15. Potoczek A., Stępień J., Podstawy strategii rozwoju lokalnego i regionalnego, Wydawnictwo Uczelniane WSG w Bydgoszczy, Bydgoszcz, 2008 16. Szromik A., 2007, Marketing terytorialny. Miasto i region na rynku, Oficyna , Kraków |
Learning outcomes: |
After completing the course (lectures, exercises), student: - defines the basic problems and development trends of contemporary cities and their regions, approaches to development management, and instruments leading to achievement of development goals - explains the impact of contemporary phenomena taking place in space on costs of development of cities and their regions - makes critical analysis of different legislative proposals on management of urban space - evaluates development opportunities of Polish cities and its regions in the context of available management instruments |
Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
(in Polish) wykład: test zaliczeniowy, obecność na wykładach podnosi ocenę ćwiczenia: obecność na ćwiczeniach (dopuszczalne dwie nieobecności), aktywność na ćwiczeniach, wygłoszenie referatu, semestralna praca zaliczeniowa w grupach |
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