After successful completion of the course, students are able to...

• to define the positioning of cities between competitive and resilient urban development
• to explain cohesive resilient urban develpopment based on factors of territorial capital,
• to discuss challenges for the positioning of cities,
• to discuss challenges for governance and city-marketing,
• to analyse city marketing and strategic planning as instruments for competitiveness and resilience
• conflicts form sustainability point of view.

• driving forces and determinants of competitiveness and resilience
• challenges of urban policy and strategic planning under competition
• competitiveness, resilience and social cohesion
• concepts and instruments of urban development
• strategies for urban planning and marketing
• governance principles for policy and planning

introduction in most important approaches focussing on competitiveness and sustainability/resilience as well as governance and strategic planning

identification of most relevant criteria and questions in order to assess competitive and sustainable urban development of selected cities

group work on distinct cities/metropolises: characteristics of development, discussion and assessment of competitiveness and sustainability, considering the importance of urban governance, strategic planning and city marketing

presentations, discussions

This course is one of three mandatory classes of Module 1 in the Spatial Planning Master's curriculum. Students doing the whole module will be promoted in the registration list.

Start of the course: 16.10.2023

presence and active participation in discussions

written presentation, elaboration of professional comments

This course is one of three mandatory classes of Module 1 in the Spatial Planning Master's curriculum. Students doing the whole module will be promoted in the registration list.