Last update: prof. RNDr. Martin Ouředníček, Ph.D. (21.02.2024)
The course discusses the key themes and trends in contemporary urban social geography. In-class lectures focus on segregation, daily mobility, gentrification, suburbanization and other topics, allowing to compare research from Prague with other European cities. The course also offers three field trips (to an inner city neighbourhood, a housing estate and a suburb of Prague). The emphasis of the course is on reading and discussion as well as on own field work and its presentation and cooperation within the student´s teams. Participation and co-operation of Czech and Erasmus students as well as urban geographers and students of other disciplines is encouraged, giving the opportunity for networking and exchange of ideas across countries and fields of study. Completion of previous courses in urban geography is not required.
More information in Moodle: http://dl2.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=737
Literature
Last update: prof. RNDr. Martin Ouředníček, Ph.D. (21.02.2024)
KAPLAN, D., WHEELER, J., HOLLOWAY, S. (2003): Urban Geography. New York: Wiley Publishers.
KNOX, P., PINCH, S. (2010): Urban Social Geography: An Introduction. New York: Prentice Hall.
LEY, D. (1983): A Social Geography of the City. New York: Harper and Row.
OUŘEDNÍČEK, M. ed. (2022): Prague and Central Bohemia: Current Population Processes and Socio-Spatial Differentiation. Prague: Karolinum Press,
PACIONE, M. (2005): Urban Geography: A Global Perspective. Routledge.
PADDISON, R. ed. (2001): Handbook of Urban Studies. Sage. London.
PHILLIPS, E.B. (1996): City Lights: Urban-Suburban Life in the Global Society. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Requirements to the exam
Last update: prof. RNDr. Martin Ouředníček, Ph.D. (21.02.2024)
Basic level
Total score in tests I and II > 50 %
Attendance of at least 7 lectures/field trips, including compulsory attendance of tests and USG Conference
Timely submission of at least 6 pre-class assignments (submitted via Moodle, annotation of required reading + answers to all questions suggested in Moodle)
Exam
Same conditions as for basic level plus:
Activity and discussion of required readings in class
Research project (in pairs) - all partial tasks to be submitted in Moodle and on time, see details in Moodle
discussion of research questions and brief literature review
discussion of methodology
submission of draft paper
presentation of research project - "USG conference"
submission of final research paper + discussion during the exam
Syllabus
Last update: prof. RNDr. Martin Ouředníček, Ph.D. (21.02.2024)
Date
Topic
Teacher
22.2.2024
Introduction to the course Introduction to the Research Project
Prague as an urban laboratory
Martin Ouředníček Christina Melchin Petra Špačková
29.2.2024
Gentrification and inner city
Petra Špačková
7.3.2024
Suburbanisation
Martin Ouředníček
14.3.2024
Housing estates
Petra Špačková
21.3.2024
Test 1 + Migration and foreigners in Prague
Martin Ouředníček, Christina Melchin
28.3.2024
Daily mobility
Petra Špačková
4.4.2024
Housing and segregation
Martin Ouředníček
11.4.2024
Beyond growth: shrinking cities and counter-urbanisation
Martin Šimon
18.4.2024
Test 2 + Film seminar: housing market and housing crisis
Petra Špačková, Christina Melchin
25.4.2024
Dean's Day - no lecture
2.5.2024
Inner-city field trip
Petra Špačková, Christina Melchin
9.5.2024
Housing estates field trip
Petra Špačková
16.5.2024
Suburban field trip
Martin Ouředníček
TBA
Research Project Presentation - USG Conference
Christina Melchin Petra Špačková Martin Ouředníček
