WEEK

DATE

TOPICS

RELEVANT READINGS

1^st Week

27.09.2016

Introduction to the course

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2^nd Week

04.10.2016

What makes a city?   What is city planning?

Required Reading: Ed. LeGates R.T. & Stout F., 1996, The City Reader, Routledge, US, UK

3^rd

Week

11.10.2016

* Brake - excursions *

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4^th

Week

18.10.2016

Identification of urbanization process                      Emergence, growth and decline of cities

Required Reading: Ed. Alexander E.R., 2006, Evaluation in Planning, Ashgate, US, Israel

5^th

Week

25.10.2016

History of city planning I  Types of settlements            The role of city planners

Required Reading: Hall P., 1975, Urban and Regional Planning, Routledge, US, UK

6^th

Week

01.11.2016

History of city planning II  Urban morphology

Required Reading: Hall P., 1975, Urban and Regional Planning, Routledge, US, UK

7^th

Week

08.11.2016

Urban land use and economy (Sectoral view)

Required Reading: Ed. Pitelis C., Sugden R. & Elgar E., 2006, Clusters and Globalisation, Edward Elgar Publishing, UK

8^th

Week

15.11.2016

Institutional framework in urban planning

Required Reading: Ed. Verma N., Institutions and Planning, Elsevier, 2007, UK, NL

9^th

Week

22.11.2016

Urban ecology

 Required Reading: Marzluff JM., Shlenberg E., Endlicher W., Alberti M., Bradley G., Ryan C. & Simon U., 2008, Urban Ecology, Springer, US.

10^th Week

29.11.2016

Urban sociology / Culture and planning

Required Reading: Young G., 2008, Reshaping Planning with Culture, Ashgate, AU.

11^th Week

06.12.2016

Technical issues in urban planning / Energy, accessibility, main standards etc.

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12^th Week

13.12.2016

Urban conservation, regeneration and resiliency

Required Reading: Tanhhe J., Vlaeminck S. & Berghoef J.,1984,  Living Cities, Pergamon Press, UK

13^th Week

20.12.2016

Urban management

Required Reading: Ward, S.V., 2004, Planning and Urban Change, UK, US, India

14^th Week

27.12.2016

Discussions on the Course

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