Course detail

Town Planning

FAST-BGA004Acad. year: 2025/2026

Introduction to town and regional planning, the legislative and administrative background, instruments of planning, planning at the level of a big city and region, medium and small town and rural settlement, assessment of urban plans, information on a territory, regional planning in the Czech Republic and EU development programmes, sustainable development of settlements and landscape.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. arch. Tomáš Pavlovský, Ph.D.

Department

Ústav architektury (ARC)

Entry knowledge

The subject connects with the knowledge acquired in the urbanistic disciplines of the preceding semesters,
the ability to know the ropes in building law, basic survey over the history of architecture and civil engeneering, basic knowledge of economics

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

Introduction to fundamental principles of spatial planning, system of landscape planning, processing and approval of planning documentation, introduction to urban economics, creation of preconditions for tenure of authorized civil engineer profession.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-MI Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. arch. Jan Májek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Nature of town planning, the law and related legislation, government and local administration.
  • 2. Territory development regulation.
  • 3. Territory condition ananlysis, exploration, indicators.
  • 4. Regional planning data, planning documentation, the planning permit.
  • 5. Working-out methodology of planning documentation.
  • 6. Principles of planning big cities and urban regions.
  • 7. Principles of planning the medium and small cities development.
  • 8. Principles of planning the village development.
  • 9. Assessment of town and regional planning projects – ex ante evaluation.
  • 10. Information database of a territory, statistics, geodetic database, government administration database, GIS as a component part of planning.
  • 11. Technical requirements.
  • 12. Sustainable development of settlements and landscape, the territorial system of ecological stability.
  • 13. Regional development promotion projects in CZ and EU, participation of the public.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. arch. Jan Májek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1.–2. Introduction of the requirements. Working approach. Presentation of topics.
  • 3.–4. Analysis of planning documentation, tutorials task.
  • 5.–6. An analysis of the city quarters, tutorials task.
  • 7.–8. Analysis of selected development areas, tutorial task.
  • 9.–11. Consultation.
  • 12.–13. Review of work.