General information
| Course type | AMUPIE |
| Module title | Shrinking cities |
| Language | Engilsh |
| Module lecturer | dr inż. Przemysław Ciesiółka |
| Lecturer's email | przemko@amu.edu.pl |
| Lecturer position | Assistant professor |
| Faculty | Faculty of Human Geography and Planning |
| Semester | 2025/2026 (summer) |
| Duration | 15 |
| ECTS | 3 |
| USOS code | 25-SC-AMU-PIE |
Timetable
The timetable will be set in February 2026.
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.