UVSRPKRMR1 Concept of Town a Region Development

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Vladimír Baar, CSc.
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
žádné
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to present not only theoretical way outs in regional development but on concrete examples explain importance, structure and process of composition of development programme of the town, region. The attention will be put on economic analysis, SWOT, previous experience with development programmes, presumptions and problems of region, town in order that gained knowledge would be usable in practice. The course is based on the presumption of knowledge of fundamental legislative frame composed of Act on municipalities (act No 128/2000 Coll.) and Act on support of regional development (Act No 248/2000 Coll.) together with basic knowledge of reforms of public administration in the Czech republic. The active finding of information and their critical evaluation directly in tutorials will be the condition of passing the subject. This interactively lead teaching connects not only theoretical and practical skills of the course but also motivates students to perform actively, to present their own opinion and cope critically with the amount of available literature and documents. The course is intended for students of study programme N6731 only.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to issue of regional policy and development of the territory
    2. Neoclassical and neoliberal theories of regional development
    3. Theories of regional development in Keynesian period
    4. Structuralist approaches to region development
    5. Critical-realistic and institutional directions in regional development
    6. Current approaches to regional policy
    7. Methodology of regional development
    8. Czech regional policy and support of regional development
    9. Content of programme of development of region and town
    10. Strategic and spatial planning
    11. Partners and difficulties of town and regions development
    12. Practical frame of development planning (presentation of seminar papers)
Literature
    required literature
  • WOKOUN, R. Regionální rozvoj: (východiska regionálního rozvoje, regionální politika, teorie, strategie a programování). Praha: Linde, 2008. info
  • WOKOUN, R. Regionální rozvoj a jeho management v České republice. Praha: Oeconomica, 2007. info
  • Kol. Úvod do regionálních věd a veřejné správy. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2004. info
  • BLAŽEK, J., UHLÍŘ, D. Teorie regionálního rozvoje (nástin, kritika, klasifikace). Praha, 2002. ISBN 80-246-0384-5. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Assessment methods
Test
Oral exam
The analysis of student 's performance
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
The students will in groups under their own selection of region or town compose own proposal of development programme which they will present in the final tutorial which will simulate competitive environment. The results of this seminar work will be used for complete evaluation of the course in oral exam which will be dedicated to more theoretical applications corresponding to master level of difficulty.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2007, Winter 2008, Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2015.
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