ARCH511 Advanced Urban Planning

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Course Code Course Title Weekly Hours* ECTS Weekly Class Schedule
T P
ARCH511 Advanced Urban Planning 3 0 6
Prerequisite None It is a prerequisite to

None
Lecturer Mejrema Zatrić-Šahović Office Hours / Room / Phone
Tuesday:
15:00-16:00
Wednesday:
15:00-16:00
Thursday:
12:00-15:00
E-mail mzatric-sahovic@ius.edu.ba
Assistant Assistant E-mail chaddrell@ius.edu.ba
Course Objectives The Course introduces students to the concepts that describe key aspects of and define key debates on contemporary urban development. It crossreferences between the lectures to offer a complex understanding of interrelations between the governemnts, market forces and citizenss. Interprets most important manifestations of their agencies in the urban fabric and the metropolitan region as well as forms and processes that characterize the contemporary city.
Textbook The Urban Design Reader, Roulledge, 2006
Additional Literature
  • Additional literature will be provided throughout the course
Learning Outcomes After successful  completion of the course, the student will be able to:
  1. Acquire the skills necessary to critically analyse the urban fabric
  2. Evaluate the historical and prevailing urban theories that shape contemprary cities
  3. Demonstarate the capabilites to articulate such knowledge and transfer that knowledge in a professional manner.
  4. Critique the role of architects, planners and urban practitioners in implementing sustanable urban development
  5. Enhance inclusive and sustainable urbanization and capacity for participatory, integrated and sustainable human settlement planning and management in all countries, SDG 11.3
  6. Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage, SDG 11.4
Teaching Methods Teaching will be conducted via set readings, class discussions, and presentations. It is essential students prepare for class as instructed and participate fully in class proceedings.
Teaching Method Delivery Face-to-face Teaching Method Delivery Notes
WEEK TOPIC REFERENCE
Week 1 Introduction
Week 2 Fordist and Post-Fordist City David Harvey, Flexible Accumulation through Urbanization, 1990
Week 3 Land Economics and Urban (Re)Structuring Kiril Stanilov, The restructuring of nonresidentialuses in the postsocialist metropolis, 2007
Week 4 Postmodern Urbanism Dear and Flusty, Postmodern Urbanism
Week 5 New Urbanism Michael Hebbert, New Urbanism - The Movement in Context, 2003
Week 6 Cities and Globalization Saskia Sassen, Cities in Today's Global Age, 2009
Week 7 Recap
Week 8 Mid Term Exam
Week 9 Sustainability Paradigm and Planning UN Habitat, Urban Planning: A Key Role in Sustainable Urban Development, 2007
Week 10 Large Urban Projects - Architecture Susan Fainstein, Megaprojects in New York, London and Amsterdam, 2009
Week 11 Large Urban Projects - Infrastructure Stephen Graham, Constructing Premium Network Spaces: Reflections on Infrastructure Networks and Contemporary Urban Development, 2000
Week 12 The Creative City Challenge Richard Florida, Cities and the Creative Class, 2004
Week 13 Smart City Paradigm and Planning Robert G. Hollands, Will the Real Smart City Please Stand Up?, 2007
Week 14 Territory, Hinterland, Landscape and the City Neil Brenner, The Hinterland Urbanised?, 2016
Week 15 Recap
Assessment Methods and Criteria Evaluation Tool Quantity Weight Alignment with LOs
Final Exam 1 30 1,2,3,4
Semester Evaluation Components
In-class Exercises 14 20 1,2,3,4
Assignments 8 30 1,2,3,4
In-term Exam 1 20 1,2,3,4
***     ECTS Credit Calculation     ***
 Activity Hours Weeks Student Workload Hours Activity Hours Weeks Student Workload Hours
Lecture hours 2 14 28 Assignments 2 8 16
Home Study 3 15 45 In-class Exercises 1 14 14
In-term Exam Study 17 1 17 Final Exam Study 15 2 30
        Total Workload Hours = 150
*T= Teaching, P= Practice ECTS Credit = 6
Course Academic Quality Assurance: Semester Student Survey Last Update Date: 18/10/2024

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