Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students will have acquired basic theoretical and historical knowledge on field of urban planning. More specifically:
- they will become acquainted with the modes of evolution of the urban phenomenon and of cities, in particular;
- they will understand the historical development of cities and of urban planning;
- they will learn the basic concepts of urban planning;
- they will understand the various theoretical approaches, the models and policies, the mechanisms and procedures for the formation and design of the urban space;
- they will practice critical discussion by undertaking the task of presenting characteristic historical examples of urban planning.
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course includes the following thematic areas:
1.City and planning: basic elements
2.Evolution of the urban phenomenon: from the walled to endless city
3.History of the city: from the ancient ages up to Renaissance
4.History of the city: from the Renaissance up to 1940
5.Post war urban development and planning: Urban planning of the welfare state
6.Urban development and policies of urban renewal: Urban planning in the last 30 years
7.The modern-Greek city and town planning in Greece up to 1940
8.Urban development and planning in Greece in the postwar period
8.Evolutionary analysis of the city and main planning theories
9.Central issues of urban planning
10.Urban plans as tools for planning and regulating urban development
11.Contemporary issues in the design of cities
12.Urban development and Urban Planning:Review of the basic themes of the course
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1.Ανδρικοπούλου Ε., Γιαννακού Α., Καυκαλάς Γ., Πιτσιάβα-Λατινοπούλου Μ., Πόλη και Πολεοδομικές Πρακτικές για τη Βιώσιμη Ανάπτυξη, εκδόσεις Κριτική, Αθήνα, 2η αναθεωρημένη έκδοση, 2014.
2.Καρύδης Δ., Τα Επτά Βιβλία της Πολεοδομίας, Εκδόσεις Παπασωτηρίου, Αθήνα, 2006.
3.Hall T., Αστική Γεωγραφία, Εκδόσεις Κριτική, Αθήνα, 2005.
Additional bibliography for study
Καυκαλάς Γ. Καυκαλάς, Γ., Βιτοπούλου Α., Γεμενετζή Γ., Γιαννακού Α., Τασοπούλου Α., Βιώσιμες πόλεις: Προσαρμογή και Ανθεκτικότητα σε Περιόδους Κρίσης, Αθήνα: Ελληνικά Ακαδημαϊκά Ηλεκτρονικά Συγγράμματα και Βοηθήματα-Κάλλιπος, 2015, https://repository.kallipos.gr/handle/11419/2227