Urban governance

general courses

Exercises include 7 thematic blocks:

1) Conditions of urban development.

2) Visions and strategies of urban development.

3) Models of urban governance.

4) Power and problems of urban democracy.

5) The instruments of urban governance.

6) Urban benchmarking.

7) Urban development simulation -strategy game.

The aim of the course is to learn about, compare and conduct independent evaluation of urban governance models functioning in national, European and global practice. The course focuses on governing the city as a multi-dimensional, complex phenomenon that requires knowledge from different fields, including economics, sociology, engineering, geography, political science, and governance. The course, based on a comparative approach, allows you to get to know the practical aspects of the determinants of urban development, creation and identification of the vision of city development, the possible models and instruments of city management. A way to use all the skills learned in the classroom is the simulation of urban governance with Sim City game. It allows you to guide the development of the city from its foundation to attain the status of a metropolis. The simulation requires the ability to manage the city budget and design spatial planning, as well as direct management of many urban areas of the economy, such as road infrastructure, water supply system, public services, school network or health care. The realities of the game largely correspond to real competence and tasks of local government in Poland.

1. Agenda Terytorialna UE profil: https://ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/urban-agenda.

2. Betkiewicz Witold, Jasiewicz-Betkiewicz Agnieszka, Wielkomiejska elita polityczna: skład i kariery zawodowe, Studia Regionalne i Lokalne 3(49)/2012.

3. Harvey David, Bunt Miast. Prawo do miasta i Miejska Rewolucja, Fundacja Nowej Kultury Bęc Zmiana, Warszawa 2012.

4. Justin McGuirk, Radykalne miasta, Fundacja Nowej Kultury Bęc Zmiana, Warszawa 2014.

5. Lech Mergler, Kacper Pobłocki, Maciej Wudarski, Anty-Bezradnik przestrzenny: prawo do miasta w działaniu, Biblioteka Res Publiki Nowej, Warszawa 2013.

6. Materiały konferencji Miasto 2016 - http://www.konferencjamiasto.pl/.

7. Misiak Władysław, 2012, Globalizacja Berlina, Pragi i Warszawy, Difin.

8. Nawratek Krzysztof, 2012, Dziury w całym. Wstęp do miejskich rewolucji, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Krytyki Politycznej.

9. Nowak Maciej J. Decyzje o warunkach zabudowy i zagospodarowania terenu - instrument czy wyłącznie bariera rozwoju, Studia Regionalne i Lokalne 2(52)/2013.

10. Pobłocki Kacper, Świątkowska Bogna (red.) (2016) Architektura niezrównoważona Warszawa: Fundacja Bęc Zmiana, s. 480.

11. Szmytkowska Magdalena Top-down czy bottom-up? Dylematy kształtowania policentrycznych obszarów metropolitalnych na przykładzie Trójmiasta, Studia Regionalne i Lokalne 3(57)/2014.

12. Świątkowska Bogna (red.), My i oni. Przestrzenie wspólne/Projektowanie dla wspólnoty, Fundacja Nowej Kultury Bęc Zmiana, Warszawa 2014.

13. Grisel Mart & van de Waart Frans (red.) Multilevel Urban Governance or the Art of Working Together. Methods, Instruments and Practices, EUKN, 2010.

Knowledge:

(1) Characterises the most important quantitative methods used in regional studies (K_W06). (2) Describes the techniques and tools of data acquisition and the modelling of spatial processes in the field of regional studies and spatial development (K_W06). (3) Specifies the examples of application and the strengths and weaknesses of various quantitative methods used in regional studies and spatial development (K_W06).

Abilities and skills:

(1) Selects the techniques and quantitative methods that can help in solving the specific problems in the field of regional development and spatial development (K_U02). (2) Uses the appropriate software and the statistical and econometric packages in order to solve tasks in the field of regional development and spatial development (K_U02). (3) Constructs the quantitative indicators and applies them to the quantitative analysis using specialized software (K_U02).

Social skills:

(1) Plans the research process using various quantitative methods (K_K03). (2) Prepares and implements the individual research project in the field of regional studies, which uses the quantitative methods (K_K05).

Attendance at lectures (20 points), group work (50 points), active participation during lectures (30 points). To obtain the credit, it is necessary to get at least 60 points.