GEO2.4 Town planning

Faculty : 
Faculty of Environmental and Mechanical Engineering
MODULE TITLE: 
Geoinformation and spatial management (GEO)
Semester: 
2025/2026 summer semester
ECTS: 
4
teaching hrs : 
24
self stud: 
50

Why cities exist? Introduction to town planning – the principles of location and theories of town development. The challenges in town planning – Strategic urban design, planning and remaking the city. The town planning in chaos – Problems of urban public space in Poland. How to fix the contemporary problems created by XX- century modern town planners? Critical look on the modern city legacy and what we should do with it now. A new beginning of the city – the town planning in contexts of natural or war disaster consequences. The old and new – how to protect the cultural identity in the live-living city? Artificial Intelligence & Cities – Solving urban problems using technology.

KNOWLEDGE

-GEO_W8 - environmental, social and technical conditions influencing the urban structure

SKILLS

-GEO_U3 - analyze spatial data (also using GIS tools) for spatial planning, water management, flood protection and environmental protection; perform simple geodetic measurements and use complex geodetic documentation

-GEO_U5 - design a geoinformation system in accordance with the paradigms of geography, natural and information sciences; conduct research in this field and find practical application of geoinformatics

SOCIAL SKILLS

-GEO_K1 - improve professional, personal and social skills

-GEO_K2 - apply the gain knowledge considering legal and ethical aspects

-GEO_K3 - effectively work individually and in a team, assuming different roles in it