Urban Geography
Code: 101578 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2501002 Geography and Spatial Planning | OB | 2 | 1 |
Contact
- Name:
- Francesc Muñoz Ramírez
- Email:
- Franc.Munoz@uab.cat
Use of Languages
- Principal working language:
- catalan (cat)
- Some groups entirely in English:
- No
- Some groups entirely in Catalan:
- Yes
- Some groups entirely in Spanish:
- No
Prerequisites
No requirements neither previous skills/knowledge is needed.
Objectives and Contextualisation
Main objectives referred to three main aspects in regard with the urban geography:
- Description, explanation and analysis of the urban morphology and the urban functions considering different historical moments and at the present moment.
- General explanation of the relationship between the analysis of the city and the analysis of the territorial dynamics directly related with the urbanization process. Different information in regard with economic, technological, political, social and cultural aspects are presented.
- Introduction to the main processes of change in regard with the urban and metropolitan spaces at teh present moment.
Competences
- Analysing and explaining today's world events from a geographical point of view.
- Developing critical thinking and reasoning and communicating them effectively both in your own and other languages.
- Mastering the necessary theoretical knowledge in order to pose geographical problems in an integrated way and combining a generalist approach with a specialised analysis.
- Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
- Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
Learning Outcomes
- Analysing the main dynamics of today's world from a geographical point of view.
- Contrasting and comparing relevant geographical data.
- Identifying the ideas and expressing them in various languages with linguistic correctness.
- Interpreting today's main events from physical, economic, social and cultural diversity.
- Posing problems about world inequality, population distribution, urbanisation, etc.
- Summarising acquired knowledge about the origin and transformations experienced in its several fields of study.
Content
- The city and the urban space in history: the analysis of the urban morphology.
- The mechanisms and agents defining the urbanization process.
- The urbanization process (I): from the medieval city to the modern city.
- The urbanization process (II): from the modern city to the industrial city.
- The metropolization process (I): from the industrial city to the metropolitan city.
- The metropolization process (II): from the metropolitan city to the regional city.
- The city at the present moment and in the future: main problems and challenges of the urbanization process in the 21st century.
Methodology
- Lectures.
- Presentation and discussion of audiovisual materials (documentaries and films).
- Reading books and journal academic articles.
- Discussion on basic key issues related with the materia.
- Practical exercices and essays.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Lectures | 23 | 0.92 | 1, 2, 4, 5 |
| Presentation of audiovisual documents and materials | 15 | 0.6 | 1, 5 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Preparing essays, discussions and presentations | 8 | 0.32 | 1, 3, 4, 6 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Exercices and practical assignments | 15 | 0.6 | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Reading journals articles and books | 20 | 0.8 | 2, 3, 4, 6 |
| Study in regard with the written exam | 20 | 0.8 | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
Assessment
Detailed information on the course assignments and the exam:
Assignment 1. Essay on one of the books on the course bibliography or comparative analysis between study cases on digital information archives on urban issues.
Assigmnent 2. Research on different urban key issues based on the work with digital sources.
Assignment 3. Exercices dossier: different exercises proposed during the course will be presented composing a single document.
Exam. Written exa on the materials provided during the course (basic amb complementary bibliography, web pages, etc).
Important notes:
- Handing assignments 1, 2 and 3 is required before the exam.
- A minimum qualification of 5 is required on the assignments for considering an average final grade in regard with the exam.
Criteris d'avaluació:
- Rigor and clarity exposing and explaining the issues considerd during the course.
- Capability for using examples related with the bibliography and other materials provided during the course.
- Initiative for completing the materials provided by the professor considering the own research.
Detailed information about the re-evaluation:
-The re-evaluation will consist in an exercise considering the bibliography of the course.
-Handing the course assignements is required before re-evaluation.
- The qualification 'No avaluable' is only possible when non handing any course assingment. Handing one or more of the course assignements represents loosing the right to the qualification 'No avaluable'.
La copia o plagi de material, tant en el cas de treballs com en el cas dels exàmens, constitueixen un delicte
que serà sancionat amb unzero a l'activitat. En cas de reincidència es suspendrà tota l'assignatura. Recordem
que es considera "còpia" un treball que reprodueix tot o gran part del treball d'un/a altre/a company/a. "Plagi"
és el fet de presentar tot o part d'un text d'un autor com a propi, sense citar les fonts, siguin en paper o en
format digital. Vegeu documentació de la UAB sobre "plagi" a:
http://wuster.uab.es/web_argumenta_obert/unit_20/sot_2_01.html
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assingments | 30% | 25 | 1 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| Exercices and practical assignments | 15% | 12 | 0.48 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Preparing essays, discussions and presentations | 10% | 4 | 0.16 | 3, 4, 5 |
| Rapports on fieldtrips | 10% | 4 | 0.16 | 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Written exam | 35% | 4 | 0.16 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
Bibliography
Basic bibliography (25 books classified in three main general issues)
- The historic dimension of the city, the social aspects and the urbanization process:
Benevolo, Leonardo (1963). Le origini dell'urbanistica moderna. Bari: Laterza [trad. cast.
Orígenes del urbanismo moderno Madrid: H. Blume; 1979].
Bonet Correa, Antonio (1995). Las claves del urbanismo. Barcelona: Planeta.
Borja, Jordi; Muxí, Zaida (2001). L’espai públic: ciutat i ciutadania. Barcelona: Diputació de Barcelona.
Cervellati, Pier Luigi (1984). La città post‑industriale. Bologna: Il Mulino.
Chueca Goitia, Fernando (1968). Breve historia del urbanismo. Madrid: Alianza Editorial.
Choay, Françoise (1965). El urbanismo. Utopías y realidades. Barcelona: Lumen; 1970.
López de Lucio, Ramón (1993). Ciudad y urbanismo a finales del siglo XX . València: Universitat de València; Servei de Publicacions.
Monclús, Francisco Javier (ed.) (1998). La ciudad dispersa . Barcelona: Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona.
Muñoz, Francesc (2010) ) “La densidad urbana: de la ciudad de concentración al campo urbanizado”. A Fuster Sobrepere, Joan (ed.) La agenda Cerdà. Construyendo la Barcelona metropolitana (75-114). Barcelona: Ajuntament de Barcelona/Lunwerg.
Nel·lo, Oriol; Muñoz, Francesc (2004). “El proceso de urbanización”. A Romero, Joan (coord.) GeografíaHumana. Procesos, riesgos e incertidumbres en un mundo globalizado (255-332). Barcelona: Ariel.
- The specific case of Barcelona (city and region):
Busquets, Joan (1992). Barcelona. Evolución urbanística de una capital compacta . Madrid: Mapfre.
Font, Antonio; Llop, Carles; Vilanova, Josep M. (1999). La construcció del territorio metropolità. Morfogènesi de la regió urbana de Barcelona. Barcelona: Mancomunitat de Municipis de l'Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona.
Nel·lo, Oriol (2001). Ciutat de ciutats. Reflexions sobre el procés d’urbanització a Catalunya. Barcelona: Empúries.
Roca, Joan (coord.) (1997). Expansió urbana i planejament a Barcelona . Barcelona: Institut de Cultura de Barcelona & ed. Proa.
- Recent trends and future evolution of the city and the urbanization process:
Clark, David (1996) Urban World/Global city. London: Routledge.
Davis, Mike (1998). Ecology of Fear, Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster.New York: Vintage Books.
Graham, Stephen; Marvin, Simon (1996) Telematics and the city. Electronic spaces, urban places.London: Routledge.
Hannigan, John (1998) Fantasy city. Pleasure and profit in the postmodern metropolis. London: Routledge.
Lehrer, Ute Angelika (1994) "Images of the periphery". A Environment and Planning D: Society and Space. vol.12 (187-205).
Muñoz, Francesc (2008) Urbanalización: paisajes comunes, lugares globales. Barcelona:Gustau Gili.
Muñoz,Francesc (2010) Local, local! La ciutat que ve. Catàleg de l’exposició Commemorativa dels 30 Anys d’Ajuntaments Democràtics. Barcelona: Diputació de Barcelona / CCCB.
Smith, Neil (1996) The new urban frontier: gentrification and the revanchist city. London: Routledge.
Urry, John (1996) The Tourist Gaze. Leisure and Travel in Contemporary societies. (1st de. 1990). London: SAGE.
Zukin, Sharon (1998) “Diversity and standardisation in spaces of consumption”. A Urban Studies, 35 (825-839).
Zukin, Sharon (1991) Landscapes of Power. From Detroit to Disney World. Los Angeles: University of California Press.
Complementary bibliography (10 books classified in three main issues of interest)
- The analysis and design of the city and the public space:
Carrera, Judit (dir.2010) En favor del espacio público. 10 años del Premio Europeo del Espacio Público Urbano. Barcelona: Actar.
Zukin, Sharon (1998) “Politics and aesthetics of public space: the American model”. A Real City, Ideal City. Meaning and Function in the Modern Urban Space. Barcelona: CCCB.
- Urban and territorial planning:
Esteban, Juli (1980). Elements d'ordenació urbana. Barcelona: La Gaya Ciència (Pub. del Col.legi Oficial d'Arquitectes de Catalunya) [edició de 1998, revisada: Elementos de ordenación urbana Barcelona: ed. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya].
Indovina, Francesco (ed.) (1993). La città occasionale.Firenze, Napoli, Torino, Venezia Milano: Franco Angeli.
Muñoz, Francesc (ed. 2011) Estratègias cap a la ciudad de baixa densitat. Barcelona: Diputació de Barcelona.
Newman, Peter; Thornley, Andy (1996) Urban planning in Europe. International competition, national systems and plannning projects. London: Routledge.
- The city and the Urban Studies (arquitecture, sociology, ecology):
Crilley, Darrel (1993) "Architecture as advertising: constructing the image of redevelopment". A Kearns, Gerry; Philo, Chris (eds.) Selling places: the city as cultural capital, past and present (231-252). Oxford: Pergamon Press.
Galdensonas, Mario (1996) “L’arquitectura d’exurbia”. A Presente y futuros. Arquitectura en las ciudades. XIX Congreso de la Unión Internacional de Arquitectos, UIA (34-39). Barcelona: Col·legi d’Arquitectes/Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, CCCB.
Martinotti, Guido (1993). Metropoli. La nuova morfologia sociale della città Bologna: Il Mulino.
Masjuan, Eduard (2000). La ecología humana en el anarquismo español. Urbanismo orgánico o ecológico, neomalthusianismo y naturismo social. Barcelona: Icaria.
websites:
Escripta Nova. Revista Electrónica de Geografía y Ciencias Sociales
http://www.ub.es/geocrit/nova.htm
Any Cerdà
European Prize for Urban Public Space
Institut d’Estudis Regionals i Metropolitans de Barcelona
Institut d’Estudis Territorials
Departament de Territori i Sostenibilitat, Generalitat de Catalunya
Observatori del Paisatge de Catalunya
European Spatial Planning Observation Network
Eurocities
Euricur. European Institute for Comparative Urban Research
DATAR
http:// www.datar.gouv.fr
Metropolis
Worldwatch Institute