Spatial conflicts from a socio-cultural perspective 2800-SPCON-GPG-1-S2

Urban growth and rapid development have impacted the way society engages with the space around it for accessibility and control. It has become a critical point of investigation given the fact that social and cultural behaviour can have a significant influence the use of space due to differing priorities of stakeholders resulting in spatial conflicts. The conflicts can encompass different dimensions across several spatial scales, ranging from land and environment to local, regional and global scales, where the sociocultural forces influence the development. For example, Not In My Backyard (NIMBY) emerged as an idea where people opposed development and land use change in their vicinity, while accepting such kind of development farther away. In the era of climate change, the role of spatial conflicts, understood from a sociocultural has far reaching and multi-dimensional connotations for sustainability, including disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, inclusion of ecosystem services in development process, social inequalities, tourism, politics and justice. SDG 16, promoting peaceful and inclusive societies, seeks to create conflict resolution mechanisms, to provide justice and create effective, accountable and inclusive institutions. Understanding the role of socioecological processes in spatial conflicts, drivers of vulnerability and resilience, would be important to create sustainable societies in the present scenario of rapid urbanization, and sociocultural transformations.
The present course will help students to form an independent opinion about spatial conflicts and sociocultural dimensions, by investigating its various aspects.

Całkowity nakład pracy studenta

Contact hours with teacher: - participation in lectures – 10 h - consultations – 2 h Self-study hours: - preparation for lectures – 4 h - reading literature – 6 h - preparation for writing essay – 8 h Altogether: 30 h (1 ECTS)

Efekty uczenia się - wiedza

W1: is acquinted with the socio-cultural perspective in spatial development W2: is familiar with socio-economic processes and structures serving the purpose of making rational spatial decisions – K_W03 W3: possesses knowledge of urban and rural settlement system, its functioning and development – K_W03 W4: has advanced knowledge of environmental changes and threats caused by a man and identifies the barriers in the relation a man – an environment in terms of sustainable development – K_W02, K_W12 W5: is acquainted with the relations between the theoretical aspects of spatial management and the possibility of their practical use – K_W11

Efekty uczenia się - umiejętności

U1: has the ability to critically analyzes and interprets social and economic phenomena and processes in the context of spatial and geo-management – K_U02, K_U03 U2: on the basis of literature studies and obtained knowledge is able to solve dilemmas and spatial problems with a socio-cultural perspective, proposing appropriate solutions in this regard – K_U01, K_U07, K_U08 U3: analyzes and critically assesses the needs and possibilities of socio-economic development particular settlement units, applies procedures related to the management of local and regional development processes based on the knowledge of socio-cultural conditions – K_U08, K_U13, U4: can create innovative solutions in the field of spatial management, based on the acquired knowledge, skills and own ingenuity - K_U11, K_U15 U5: fluently uses a modern foreign language (English) while studying and leading a conversation – K_U09 U6: understands the need to learn throughout life, recognizes the need for continuous improvement and raising professional competences – K_U14

Efekty uczenia się - kompetencje społeczne

K1: understands the importance of ethical, responsible and rational actions being aware of the effects of own activities on the environment and society – K_K1, K_K3 K2: is able to define a hierarchy of goals to achieve the common good – K_K02 K3: thinks in a creative way – K_K04 K4: is able to make a critical assessment of own knowledge, and in the case of difficulties with self-solving the problem, consults experts – K_K05

Metody dydaktyczne

Expository teaching methods: - information lecture (conventional), - conversational lecture, - problem lecture.

Rodzaj przedmiotu

przedmiot fakultatywny

Wymagania wstępne

Knowledge within urban/rural studies

Koordynatorzy przedmiotu

Michał Kwiatkowski

Kryteria oceniania

Assessment methods:
written essay – W1, W2, W3, W4, W5, U5, K1, K2, K3
preparation for a lecture – W1, W2, W3, W4, W5, U5
activity during classes – U1, U2, U3, U4, U5, K1, K2, K3, K4, K5

Assessment criteria:
Lecture: graded credit, written essay:

• The essay should be written individually, in English language
• The essay is to be written as one cohesive and continuous narrative
• The essay should be between 1,500 and 2,000 words
- excluding: reference list, footnotes, end notes, tables, figures, captions, title, abstract, keywords.
• An abstract of 100 words should precede the essay (excluded from the word count), summarizing what the essay is about, how you have approached it, and what the main point you want to make is.
• 3 to 5 keywords should be added.
• Use APA, MLA or ISO 690 referencing style
• The essay should be supported using primarily peer-reviewed literature
• Always add page refs when citing books and articles – must be clear what specific knowledge you are building on.

Assessment criteria:
• Each essay will be assessed through 6 criteria, each worth 0-5 points:

- Clarity in communication
- structure, language, cohesion
- Problematization skills
- aptness of identifying and justifying the problem
- Theoretical anchoring
- use of literature, balancing viewpoints, use of references
- Theoretical understanding
- soundness of theoretical choices with regard to the topic
- Argumentation and reflection
- complexity and maturity of discussion
- Conclusiveness
- clarity and originality of proposition
Assessment grading:
The home exam is subject to grading:
27 – 30 points: A (excellent) = “grade 5”
23 – 26 points: B (very good) = “grade 4+”
19 – 22 points: C (good) = “grade 4”
15 – 18 points: D (satisfactory) = “grade 3+”
11 – 14 points: E (acceptable) = “grade 3”
0 – 10 points: F (fail) = “grade 2”

Praktyki zawodowe

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Literatura

Scartozzi, C. M. (2021). Reframing climate-induced socio-environmental Conflicts: A Systematic Review. International Studies Review, 23(3), 696-725.
Obane, H., Nagai, Y., & Asano, K. (2021). Assessing the potential areas for developing offshore wind energy in Japanese territorial waters considering national zoning and possible social conflicts. Marine Policy, 129, 104514.
Verma, P., Singh, R., Bryant, C., & Raghubanshi, A. S. (2020). Green space indicators in a social-ecological system: A case study of Varanasi, India. Sustainable Cities and Society, 60, 102261.
Dmochowska-Dudek, K., & Bednarek-Szczepańska, M. (2018). A profile of the Polish rural NIMBYist. Journal of Rural Studies, 58, 52-66.
Cieślak, I. (2019). Identification of areas exposed to land use conflict with the use of multiple-criteria decision-making methods. Land Use Policy, 89, 104225.

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