Shrinking cities

Timetable

The timetable:

1st lecture: April 14, 1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

2nd lecture: April 28, 1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

3rd lecture:  May 5, 1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

4th lecture: May 19, 1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

5th lecture: May 26, 1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

6th lecture: June 2, 1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Location: Collegium Geographicum, Bogumiła Krygowskiego 10, Faculty of Human Geography and Planning, Room 2 (ground floor).

How to get there: https://goo.gl/maps/ZCYtn9Ugh5nhQ8XY6 

Module aim (aims)

The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the issue of shrinking cities as a topical phenomenon in urban geography. In particular, the course will address the following issues:

- the model of the evolution of urban regeneration

- urban shrinkage in the past and today

- shrinking cities: a global phenomenon?

- causes and consequences of urban shrinkage

- "icons" of shrinkage

- shrinkage of old industrial cities

- regeneration strategies in shrinking cities

- industrial heritage as part of regeneration strategy in shrinking old industrial cities

- the specificity of post-socialist urban shrinkage

- shrinking cities in Poland

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

Basic knowledge of urban geography.

Syllabus

• Introduction: Urban Regeneration in Europe
• Definition of a 'shrinking city', causes and consequences
• Geography of urban shrinkage with a focus on post-socialist cities
• Governing shrinking cities
• Regeneration strategies in shrinking cities
• Planning culture in shrinking cities

Reading list

Will be provided during the course.