Curriculum subject

History of Urban Design II

Subject
Subject code	AKP096
Subject name	History of Urban Design II
Credit points	1.5 CP
Grading method	Grade prelim

Curriculum subject
Curriculum	2004 EA
Study year	0
Semester	Spring semester
Subject type	Mandatory

Subject loads
Lecture	32

General description
A brief overview of towns in their historical development. A short overview of the medieval urban design in Russia, Islamic countries and in the Far East, at the same time paying attention to the tendencies applied in the European urban design. The basic part of the course includes an overview from the Renaissance urban design to the present day complicated urbanization processes in modern European cities. The urban design of Estonia is handled as an organic part of the history of general urban design. The rise of the population in Estonian towns and the problems resulted in it.

General aim
To give an overview of the medieval urban design in Russia, Islamic countries and in the Far East, at the same time paying attention to the tendencies applied in the European urban design. An overview from the Renaissance urban design to the present day complicated urbanization processes in modern European cities.

Aim
Students having completed the course know the principles of history of urban design and the factors affecting it, the social processes which have most influenced the global urbanization.

Form description
Lectures and seminars.

Literature
1. Sisask, H., 2001 Peatükke linnaehituse ajaloost. Õppematerjal TTK 2. Härmson, P., 1984 Linnad läbi aegade, Tallinn 3. Härmson, P., 1986 Tänavad läbi aegade,Tallinn 4. Ateena Harta. 5. Hall,L. Cities of Tomorrow., 1988 An Intellectual of Urban Planning in the Twentieth Century, Cambridge. 6. Jauhiainen, J. 2005 Linnageograafia, Tallinn

Current rounds
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