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Course details
Course code: IPN10102o11Semester: 2011/2012 winter
Name: History of Urban Planning
Major: Land Management
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 0 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. arch. Leszek Stanek
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: During the course the students gain theoretical knowledge of the tendencies and ways of settlement development as well as of the complex building areas characteristic for various periods of history. They also get acquainted with the background, building methods and styles and the evolution of urbanisation of human settlements, the development and regression aspects of land management in rural areas, towns and metropolises in the world.
Competences: On completion of the course, the students can define and make a general identification of the building methods and periods in which the settlements were built taking into account historical tendencies and styles.
Prerequisites: none
Course content: The history of human habitats, principles and rules. The main factors influencing the development or fall of habitats, conditions determining urban development. The role of localisation, natural conditions, factors related to technical, economic and socio-economic development, communication systems, defence and safety aspects. Historical methods and styles of land management and constructions, examples of complexes and their authors. An outline of trends in contemporary urban development.
Recommended literature: Sztuka Świata – t. 1, 2, 3, 4, Praca zbiorowa, Wydawnictwo Arkady, 1999 r.; Kozłowski j. K., (opracowanie naukowe), Encyklopedia historyczna świata, Agencja Publicystyczno-Wydawnicza Opres, Kraków 1999 r.; Wielkie kultury świata. Wydawnictwo Świat Książki 1996 r.; Stephen Sennott R. (red.), Encyclopedia of 20th-Century Architecture, Volume 3 P-Z, Nowy Jork - Londyn 2004 r.; Cęckiewicz W. (red.), „Rola i funkcja zespołów zabytkowych w rozwoju przestrzennym miast, aglomeracji i regionów”, Kraków 1989 r.; Ostrowski W., „Wprowadzenie do historii rozwoju miast”, Warszawa 2001 r.
Assessment methods: Test exam min. 50 % of knowledge to pass.
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