Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Metropolitan Regions - Development and Strategies (19.RPR194)

Type of studies	Title
Master Academic Studies	Regional Development Planning and Management (Year: 1, Semester: Winter)

General information:

Category	Theoretical-methodological
Scientific or art field	Urbanizam i planiranje regionalnog razvoja Architectural-Urbanistic Planning, Design and Theory
ECTS	4

During the course, the students will be presented with various theoretical and methodological approaches to contemporary researches of urban environment, with the aim of analyzing different complex processes, as well as their overall socio-spatial context, that take place in a particular urban region. The most important topics, such as creation, development and transformation of the metropolitan regions, will be analyzed from a critical standpoint, through investigation of relevant case studies, in order to provide understanding of metropolitan region as specific forms of urban regions.

The students who successfully fulfill their responsibilities will be equipped with skills of analytical and critical thinking that they will be able to adapt to specific needs of their scientific research or practical work. In addition, the course will enable them to understand various factors and processes that lead to creation, development and transformation of metropolitan regions, as well as to develop their own critical standpoint regarding these issues in future theoretical and/or practical work.

- Transformation processes of modern cities - the wider context; - modern concept of what is “urban”; - contemporary theories on urban growth and development; - specific processes in the development of metropolitan region - a critical analysis; - networks of metropolitan regions and interaction on a global scale; - spatial parameters as the key factors of urban transformation - theoretical and practical considerations.

- Method of critical analysis; - illustrative-demonstrative methods; - methods of synthesis of acquired knowledge; - interaction between participants in the learning process.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Eckardt, F., Hassenpflug, D. (eds.)	Urbanism and Globalisation	2004	Peter Lang	English
Moss, L. (ed.)	City and Country	2001	Blackwell Publishers, Oxford	English
LeGates R., Stout F.	The City Reader	2011	Routledge, London, New York	English
Group of autors	Cityedge : Case Studies in Contemporary Urbanism	2005	Architectural Press, Oxford	English
UN Habitat	State of the Worlds Cities 2012/2013	2013	Routledge, New York	English
Birch, Eugenie L.	Urban and Regional Planning Reader	2009	Routledge, London, New York	English
van Susteren A.	Metropolitan World Atlas	2007	010 Publishers, Rotterdam	English
Sassen S.	A Sociology of Globalization	2007	W.W.Norton & Company, New York, London	English