Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Theoretical and Critical Approaches to Urban Environment Analysis (17.UP02)

General information:

Category	Theoretical-methodological
Scientific or art field	Urbanizam i planiranje regionalnog razvoja Architectural-Urbanistic Planning, Design and Theory
ECTS	6

Within the course students will be presented with the theoretical and methodological assumptions of contemporary urban studies aimed at considering the complex processes of urban areas within the overall spatial and social context. Dominant issues of the development of the contemporary cities will be treated with a critical approach, analysis of relevant theories, as well as by analyzing urban spaces in which a variety of influential forces are materialized.

Students will be trained to develop proper analytical and critical apparatus that will be able to adapt to the specifics of their own scientific research and practical work. Students will be directed towards the understanding of urban transformations as the results of the process that cause them.

Transformation processes of contemporary cities - the wider context; Modern concept of urban, Contemporary theories of urban growth and development; Specific themes and processes in the development of cities - critical analysis, spatial parameters as key factors of urban transformation - theoretical and practical considerations, the concept of vertical urbanism in theory and practice; Urban dynamics and urban processes; Cities of the future; Modern technology as the tool of urban design and city development.

Lectures, Practice in Design, Consultations Course grade is formed based on the lecture and practice attendance, success at colloquiums, written and oral examination.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Batty, M.	The new science of cities	2013	MIT Press, Cambridge	English
Sassen, S.	A Sociology of Globalization	2007	W.W.Norton & Company, New York, London	English
LeGates, R & F Stout	The City Reader	2011	Routledge, London, New York	English
Mickov, B & J.E Doyle	Culture, Innovation and the Economy	2018	Routledge, Oxon, New York	English
Kofman, E & E Lebas	Writings on Cities – Henri Lefebvre	2006	Blackwell Publishing, Oxford	English

Course activity	Pre-examination	Obligations	Number of points
Term paper	Yes	Yes	20.00
Theoretical part of the exam	No	Yes	50.00
Presentation	Yes	Yes	10.00
Term paper	Yes	Yes	20.00

Prof. Vračarić Milica

Full Professor

Lectures

Assistant - Master Medenica-Todorović Ranka

Assistant - Master

Practical classes

Faculty of Technical Sciences

University of Novi Sad

Contact:

Address: Trg Dositeja Obradovića 6, 21102 Novi Sad

Phone: (+381) 21 450 810
(+381) 21 6350 413

Fax : (+381) 21 458 133
Emejl: ftndean@uns.ac.rs