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290148 SE Urban Development in South-Eastern Europa (2021S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 29 - Geographie
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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Details

max. 20 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Zeit: Dienstag, 9:45 bis 11:15 Uhr
1. Termin: 9. März 2021
Ort (im Fall von Präsenzlehre): Seminarraum, NIG 5. Stock

Tuesday 09.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
Tuesday 16.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
Tuesday 23.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
Tuesday 13.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528
Tuesday 20.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528
Tuesday 27.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528
Tuesday 04.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528
Tuesday 11.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528
Tuesday 18.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528
Tuesday 01.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528
Tuesday 08.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528
Tuesday 15.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528
Tuesday 22.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528
Tuesday 29.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
Seminarraum Geographie NIG 5.OG C0528

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Competences to be achieved: knowledge about specific development paths and in-depth knowledge on specific trends in urban development in SEE. Critical reflexion of dominant theories on urban spaces from the viewpoint of the periphery.

The lecture cum assignments has two sections:
(1) general sections, introducing the specificities of SEE, the historical city of the 19th and early 20th century, the socialist and the post-socialist city. In this section, general topics on urban development will be debated on the basis of compulsory literature.
(2) In debth analysis on current challenges of urban development: investor-led urban development, especially mean-projects and gated communities, informal vs. controlled suburbanization/urban sprawl, urban infrastructure, brownfield conversion, transformation into a service economy.
Methods: discussion of cumpulsory literature, literature review, development of a concept for the seminar work, presentation, seminar work

Assessment and permitted materials

written paper (20-30 pages) and oral presentation, participation in discussions and distance learning

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Presence with a maximum of 2x unexplained absence (= 2 units of 2 hours each);
Basis for assessment: oral presentation 30%, paper 40%, discussion 30%.

Examination topics

oral presentation, subject-specific literature

Reading list

Matznetter, W., Musil, R. (2020): Peripheral Metropolises in Southeast Europe. In: Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft 162, p. 9-24. DOI 10.1553/moegg162s9

Association in the course directory

(MG-S3-PI.f) (MG-S4-PI.f) (MG-S5-PI.f) (MG-W8-PI) (MR3-PI) (MR6) (MA UF GW 02)

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