Quality of life of the population of cities and regions

Course: Urban Studies and Regional Development

Structural unit: heohrafichnyi fakultet

Title
Quality of life of the population of cities and regions
Code
ОК 4
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
1 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6
Learning outcomes
P05 To be able to identify, pose and solve scientific and applied problems, carry out a critical assessment of the decisions made P08 To carry out research on natural and socio-geographic manifestations of the development of geosystems in complex and unpredictable conditions, to forecast their development, analyze alternatives, assess risks and likely consequences P12 Plan and carry out theoretical and applied research, draw reasonable conclusions, analyze and present research results
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
To successfully master the knowledge of the discipline, students must: have basic knowledge of social geography, economic geography, labor geography, and sustainable development courses; to be able to analyze social and economic processes in society, identify their features, causes and evaluate consequences; to possess modern quantitative and qualitative methods of research, to be able to apply them in scientific and research activities; to be able to apply modern principles of sustainable development for drawing up strategic plans and programs for the socio-economic development of cities and regions.
Course content
The academic discipline is devoted to the study of the theoretical and methodological foundations of the study of the quality of life of the urban population, economic, social and ecological aspects of the quality of life of the urban population, modern strategies for the development and management of cities that are comfortable for life. The course includes 2 content parts: Part 1. Theoretical foundations of the study of the quality of life of the population Part 2. Economic, social, ecological aspects and management of the quality of life of the population of cities and regions
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Hel Ya. Mista dlia liudei. K.: Osnovy, 2018. 280 s. 2. Hukalova I.V. Yakist zhyttia naselennia Ukrainy: suspilno-heohrafichna kontseptualizatsiia: Monohrafiia. Kyiv, 2009. 346 s. 3. Pokliatskyi S.A. Umovy zhyttia naselennia velykykh mist Ukrainy: suspilno-heohrafichne doslidzhennia. Kyiv: Naukova dumka, 2016. 184 s. 4. Sotsialna heohrafiia: Pidruchnyk. Za red. L. Niemets, K. Mezentseva. Kyiv: Feniks, 2019. 304 s. 5. Spek Dzh. Pravyla pishokhidnoho mista: 101 krok do stvorennia krashchykh mists. Kyiv: KENEKShENS, 2019. 286 s.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, independent work, discussions, presentations of research results, solving specific problems and situations.
Assessment methods and criteria
The discipline consists of two substantive parts, each of which ends with a thematic test and provides for a final test in the form of a credit. The results of students' educational activities are evaluated on a 100-point scale (the grade is calculated as accumulated). Final (semester) control of students' knowledge of the discipline - written assessment. The maximum number of points based on the results of the assessment is 40 points. The final grade for the discipline is formed as the sum of points received: for work during the semester in seminar classes, performance of an individual creative practical task, thematic control papers (maximum 60 points) and for the answer to the test (maximum 40 points).
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Nataliia Ivanivna Provotar
Economic and Social Geography
heohrafichnyi fakultet

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Economic and Social Geography
heohrafichnyi fakultet