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Course: Urbanism and Transportation Planning

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Course title Urbanism and Transportation Planning
Course code KDS/YAUDP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Lopour Pavel, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Serviceability, road function in the territory, design and evaluation criteria of transportation 2. Traffic volume, types of relations, source-destination, position of routes in the territory, hierarchy and road network structure. 3. Basic concepts of urban planning, Spatial Planning Documentation (ÚPD) and its types, Construction Law, tools of Spatial Planning (ÚP) 4. History of urbanization-settlement, terms residents and region, Large-scale Territorial Unit (VÚC), settlement structure in Czech Republic 5. General trends of urbanization, sustainable development, principles, enclosures of Transport solution of Spatial Planning + individual task assignment 6. Examples of Spatial planning solutions, road network, source-destination 7. Technical infrastructure, spatial layout, land recycling, change of function, brownfields, database, Construction and Road Law, road classification, road components and accessories 8. Protection zone and road plot, construction and traffic-technical condition of roads 9. The procedure of solving the transportation issue in general, the relation of city size and mode of transport, induced traffic, road network capacity and traffic level of service (traffic quality) system 10. Network design and division, hierarchy, types of road networks and their elements, examples, traffic segregation 11. Urban landscape, elements, street space, urban roads function, peculiarities of operation and construction 12. Input data, traffic analysis, surveys, National Traffic Survey (CSD), traffic prognosys 13. ORD, goals, means, examples, traffic calming, EIA.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
  • Contact teaching - 18 hours per semester
  • Individual project - 26 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 96 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 40 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
To acquaint students with basic knowledge of urbanism in relation to transport structures and neighbourhood including transportation planning.
After completing the course, student gain basic knowledge and skills in the field of urbanism and transportation planning.
Prerequisites
No specific prerequisites are required

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination, Home assignment evaluation

Required attendance in seminars (full-time study only) Elaboration and submission of all tasks assigned Course credit test (full-time study only) Passing the exam
Recommended literature
  • Ministerstvo pro místní rozvoj - https://www.mmr.cz/.
  • Portál územního plánování - http://portal.uur.cz/.
  • Doutlík, Luboš. Zonální struktury : urbanistická typologie. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 1996. ISBN 80-01-01468-1.
  • Hrůza, Jiří. Slovník soudobého urbanismu. Praha: Odeon, 1977.
  • Kotas, Patrik. Dopravní systémy a stavby. Praha: Česká technika - nakladatelství ČVUT, 2007. ISBN 978-80-01-03602-0.
  • Maier, Karel. Územní plánování. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 2000. ISBN 80-01-02240-4.
  • Oberstein, I. a Cach, J. Názvosloví urbanismu a územního plánování. Praha: ČVUT, 2001.
  • Slabý, Petr. Dopravní stavby a systémy 20, 30. Praha: Vydavatelství ČVUT, 2002. ISBN 80-01-02453-9.
  • Šilhánková, Vladimíra. Urbanismus a územní plánování. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7395-310-2.
  • Vyoralová, Zuzana. Technická infrastruktura měst a sídel. Praha: České vysoké učení technické, 2013. ISBN 978-80-01-05202-0.


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University of Pardubice, date of update: 12.03.2026 23:51. Data created for academic year 2025/2026