City psychology with elements of the theory of urban planning 2404-P-4-PPSS-PMETU

Topic 1. Life in the city. Urbanophilia and urbanophobia
Topic 2. Transformations of cities: 19th-century city. Garden cities.
Topic 3. The Athens Charter. Modernist city. Good and not so good examples of modernism in our cities.
Topic 4. Socialist and post-socialist city.
Topic 5. Learning from Las Vegas. Shopping centers. Postmodernism in the city. Grafitti and urban art.
Topic 6. Directions of urban development. Urbanization, suburbanization, edge cities, smart cities.
Topic 7. A city for people. How to create people-friendly cities. Creative cities. Quality of life in the city. How to measure the quality of life and how to compare cities in this respect. Happy city.
Topic 8. City architecture. Types of development. Satisfaction with where you live. A city friendly to its inhabitants.
Topic 9. Public space. Features of good public space. Needs met by public space. Project for Public Space.
Topic 10. Sustainable city. Walkability in cities. Cars vs. pedestrians - an unsolvable dilemma? Greenery in the city. Animals in the city.
Topic 11. Neighborhood, neighbors as indirect social capital. Relationship with place. Architecture for diversity. Why do we need neighbors, the role of the local community, how to design for the local community
Topic 12. Social problems in the city. Urban pathologies and their prevention.
Topic 13. Urban revitalization. Good and bad examples of revitalization.
Topic 14. Post-Covid cities. How to design cities that will be resilient to disasters.
Topic 15. Urban activism. Urban movements.

Total student workload

- hours carried out with the participation of the teacher – 30 h/ 1 ECTS point - individual student work - preparing a presentation of a selected topic for classes - 20 hours - consultations with the lecturer: 10 h - preparation for the final test – 30 h Total: 90 hours, 3 ECTS points

Learning outcomes - knowledge

Directional effects: K_W01, K_W02, K_W26, K_W30, Course_specific effects: W1. Has knowledge about the development of cities over the centuries W2. Knows the basic theories of good cities: from utopian to contemporary approaches

Learning outcomes - skills

Directional effects: K_U01, K_02, K_U04, K_U18, Course-speciifc effects: U1. Is able to assess the quality of urban space from the perspective of human needs U2. Is able to assess the consequences of various solutions for the functioning of city residents

Learning outcomes - social competencies

Directional effects: K_K05, K_K12, Course_specific effects: K1. Can propose solutions that facilitate the functioning of people in urban space K2. Is able to use a language understandable to planners, authorities and local governments, providing information about the relationship between the features of urban solutions and the needs of residents

Teaching methods

Expository teaching methods (demonstration, presentation) • Activating methods - independent development of a selected topic and presentation during classes • Activating methods – homework (analysis of human behavior in an urban environment)

Observation/demonstration teaching methods

- display

Expository teaching methods

- participatory lecture
- description

Exploratory teaching methods

- seminar
- classic problem-solving
- practical
- project work
- presentation of a paper

Online teaching methods

- exchange and discussion methods
- content-presentation-oriented methods
- methods developing reflexive thinking

Type of course

specific course (attribute withdrawn)

Prerequisites

students who chose to specialize in social and environmental psychology, students who attended a lecture on Introduction to Environmental Psychology or a faculty in place psychology.

Course coordinators

Maria Lewicka

Assessment criteria

Presentation of a selected topic in class - 50%
Test grade – 50%

Practical placement

does not concern

Bibliography

The literature will be available in files on MsTeams, assigned to individual topics. Scans of individual items are available in appropriate catalogues. In addition, everyone is obliged to read one item assigned to a given topic, the knowledge of which will be required for the final test.

Additional information

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

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