Urban lab

Course: Urban Studies and Regional Development

Structural unit: heohrafichnyi fakultet

Title
Urban lab
Code
ОК 6
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
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6
Learning outcomes
PR02. Evaluate the results of own work, demonstrate the ability to work in a team. PR05. Be able to identify, pose and solve scientific and applied problems, to critically evaluate the decisions made. PR07. Participate in the preparation of programs and strategies for urban and regional development, planning of territories of different hierarchical levels. PR10. Apply geographic information technologies, create and study models of natural and socio-geographical manifestations of geosystem development, determine the possibilities and limits of their application. PR12. Plan and perform theoretical and applied research, draw sound conclusions, analyze and present research results.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Acquired bachelor degree; 2. Knowledge of theoretical and applied fundamentals of social and economic geography, urban geography, regional development management, urban and regional planning, the concept of sustainable development; 3. Developed skills in quantitative and qualitative analysis of natural and social processes in the geographical shell, to design and manage projects in geographical and interdisciplinary direction, assess and ensure the quality of work, be able to comprehensively assess and monitor resources and territories, predict the development of geographical processes and phenomena; 4. Possession of skills in general scientific methods and specific socio-geographical methods of scientific knowledge acquisition, particularly in socio-geographical forecasting, modeling of objects and processes development using systematic structural approach.
Course content
The course includes 2 substantive parts. Content part 1 includes the reading of lectures, processing and assimilation of theoretical material. Content part 2 consists of field and chamber studies (practical works) within the framework of the development of specific urban development projects. Substantive part I. METHODOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS Substantive part II. DEVELOPMENT OF THE URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. The Logical Framework in a Project Management System. Dr. Joseph D. Ben-Dak. In Handbook of Systems Engineering and Management (Copyright © 1999 USA) John Wiley & Sons, Inc. https://congocsd.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/logicalframework-in-pm.pdf 2. European Commission - EuropeAid Cooperation Office, Project Cycle Management Guidelines, Volume 1, Bruxelles, March 2004 https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/sites/devco/files/methodologyaid-delivery-methods-project-cycle-management-200403_en_2.pdf 3. Project Cycle Management and Logical Framework. Edited by Guido Barbera. The European Commission guidelines. https://europa.eu › file › download 4. Posibnyk z pidhotovky proektiv. Pidtrymka polityky rehionalnoho rozvytku v Ukraini. 5. Posibnyk z pytan prostorovoho planuvannia dlia upovnovazhenykh orhaniv mistobuduvannia ta arkhitektury obiednanykh terytorialnykh hromad (vydannia druhe, dopovnene). Natsionalnyi proekt Detsentralizatsiia. U-LEAD z Yevropoiu.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, practical works, independent work, participation in the project, presentation of independent works.
Assessment methods and criteria
Assessment of all types of work is carried out throughout the semester, including independent work and performance of practical tasks. Final assessment takes place in the form of team defense of projects within the framework of the exam. Each student is responsible for his specific contribution to the project and for joint conclusions. The discipline ends with an exam. Completion of all practical tasks within the framework of project development is mandatory for admission to the exam.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

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