Space Management: Dilemmas of Cities 1600-SZD-SPEC-ZP-GSE
The natural, social, and economic conditions influencing the development of the world's cities. Lectures will explore theories of development and the specific characteristics and phenomena characteristic of individual cities around the world. The lecture also aims to demonstrate the causes of social, economic, political, and environmental problems in individual cities. It will also explain the factors behind the development of various cities in different regions of the world. It will also introduce students to geographical methods of urban research. The course also aims to raise awareness of the diversity of the contemporary world and the new phenomena occurring in globalized cities.
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Knowledge | The graduate knows and understands:
WG_01 - to the extent necessary for existing paradigms to be revised - a worldwide body of work, covering theoretical foundations as well as general and selected specific issues - relevant to a particular discipline
within the social sciences
WG_02 - the main development trends in the disciplines of the social sciences in which the education is provided
WG_03 - scientific research methodology in the field of the social sciences
WK_01 - fundamental dilemmas of modern civilisation from the perspective of the social sciences
Skills | The graduate is able to:
UK_05 - speaking a foreign language at B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages using the professional terminology specific to the discipline within the social sciences, to the extent enabling participation in an international scientific and professional environment
Social competences | The graduate is ready to
KO_01 - fulfilling the social obligations of researchers and creators
KO_02 - fulfilling social obligations and taking actions in the public interest, in particular in initiating actions in the public interest
KO_03 - think and acting in an entrepreneurial manner
Assessment criteria
Description of requirements related to participation in classes, including the permitted number of explained absences: 1 permitted absence is allowed
Principles for passing the classes and the subject (including resit session): witten exam
Methods for the verification of learning outcomes: Written exam with test questions. The final exam is a written test consisting of open and closed questions. 50% of the points are required to obtain a positive grade. The retake exam takes place on the same terms as the exam for the first time
Evaluation criteria: 50% and more points means passing the exam
Bibliography
1) Gamba F., Cattacin, S., 2021, Urbans rituals as spaces of memory and belonging: A Geneva case study, Institut de Recherches Sociologiques, Universit´e de Gen`eve, Switzerland 2) Kołsut, B., 2017, Główne problemy i wyzwania rewitalizacji miast w Polsce, Rozwój Regionalny i Polityka Regionalna, nr 39, Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, Poznań, pp. 29–46. 3) Murray J. M., 2011, Brugia. Kolebka kapitalizmu 1280-1390, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa.