28965 - European Urban Systems (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, student knows the models of urban european systems and how they works, in relation to the national and european scale

Course contents

Argument: Contemporary European Cities. East-West confronts.

-Mains aspects of urban modernisation in Europe
- Exemples of Capital cities
- Capital cities in Central and Eastern Europe before and after 1989
- Urban changes in the last decades: urban regeneration
-Cities, Metropoles, Urban Regions:some contemporary challenges

Readings/Bibliography

For students who attend to the lessons, the bibliographical references will be indicated during the course.

Students who don't attend to the lessons, must to know the following texts :

1-D. Calabi, Storia dell'urbanistica europea, B.Mondadori,Milano 2008
or:
  -G.Montanari, Architettura e città nel Novecento, Carocci, Romaa, 2009
or:
  - L.Spagnoli, Storia dell'urbanistica mderna, Vol. 2 Dall'età della borghesia alla globalizzazioe ( 1815-2010), Zanichelli, Bologna 2012
 ( only:Parte Terza and cap. 15, pp. 12-30; cap. 16, pp,43-57,pp. 73-116 cap. 17, pp.117-137; cap. 18, pp. 139-164; Parte Quarta and cap 19, pp. 217-279 ; cap. 20, pp.281-318; cap.21, pp.333-363; cap. 23,pp. 393-406;pp. 428-449; pp. 455-469.

2-One text chosen between the follows:

- M.Marchi, P.P.Penzo, C. Tonini ( a cura di),Città euroee del 21 secolo. Luoghi e tempi del mutamento urbano, CLUEB, Bologna, 2012
-M.Marchi. C. Tonini ( a cura di), Da Berlino a Samarcanda. Città in transizione, Carocci, Roma 2009
-G. Cinà, Bucarest dal villaggio alla metropoli: identità urbana e nuove tendenze, UNICOPLI, Milano, 2005
-A. Boscolo, Le trasformazioni urbane di Varsavia nel Novecento. Una guida bibliografica, Carocci , Roma 2005
- M. Dogo, A. Potassio,( a cura di),  Città dei Balcani, città d'Europa, Argo, Lecce, 2008 ( ad eccezione dei capitoli:1,3,5 e 9)
-F.Fratini, Arcipelago Mosca. Dal palazzo dei soviet a IKEA, Le Lettere, Firenze, 2007
-P. Oswalt,  Berlino,città senza forma. Strategia per un'altra architettura, Moltemi , Roma 2006

Assessment methods

During the lectures, individual presentation of specific aspects of some cities can be required.At the end of the course a written examination, optional and reserved for students attending, can be organized, consisting in some open questions, tired from arguments discussed during the lecture or in texts indicated for complementing them.

It will assess the ability of the students to expose the general aspects of various themes, and the necessary examples.

Similar evaluations will be carried out during the oral tests for non-attending, to attest the knowledge of the indicated books.

 

Teaching tools

Videoprojector will be used for help the lessons with photos, maps and geographical models

Office hours

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