Planning system in Poland (levels: national, regional and local); definition, role and meaning of functional areas; typology of functional areas, metropolitan regions and functional urban areas; criteria for delimitation of functional areas; characteristics of the main problems, development goals and principles of spatial policy of selected functional areas in Poland and Wielkopolska region; selected issues related to functional areas in the European Union; socio-economic and environmental aspects of suburbanization; urbanization in a global context.
KNOWLEDGE
-GEO_W8 - environmental, social and technical conditions influencing the urban structure
-GEO_W9 - the basic concepts and principles to the planning of technical infrastructure
SKILLS
-GEO_U6 - based on the knowledge gained from literature, lectures and study visits, present, on advanced level, a point of view on development of modern technologies in geoinformation applying scientific, social and ethical arguments
SOCIAL SKILLS
-GEO_K3 - effectively work individually and in a team, assuming different roles in it
-GEO_K2 - apply the gain knowledge considering legal and ethical aspects
-GEO_K5 - think and act creatively and enterprisingly