General information
| Course type | AMUPIE |
| Module title | Shrinking cities |
| Language | English |
| Module lecturer | dr Emilia Jaroszewska, prof. UAM dr hab. Adam Radzimski |
| Lecturer's email | emiliagp@amu.edu.pl |
| Lecturer position | adiunkt, profesor |
| Faculty | Faculty of Human Geography and Planning |
| Semester | 2021/2022 (summer) |
| Duration | 15 |
| ECTS | 3 |
| USOS code | 07-SC-AMU-PIE |
Timetable
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:
- 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)
Syllabus
Week 1: Urban shrinkage in the past and today
Week 2: Causes and consequences of urban shrinkage
Week 3: Regeneration strategies in shrinking cities
Week 4: Industrial heritage as part of regeneration strategy in shrinking old industrial cities
Week 5: Shrinkage of old industrial cities
Week 6: The specificity of post-socialist urban shrinkage
Week 7: Shrinking cities in Poland
Reading list
Will be provided during the course