URBAN PLANNING: CHANGING CITIES AND ICT (16 ECTS)
Urban regions are the main drivers of innovation and economic growth and are the arenas for social and environmental challenges
of contemporary society. The Urban Planning
Master (MA) module examines topics of urbanization, sustainable development, and information and communication technology (ICT) in cities with a particular focus on centrally planned
countries in transition.
FINLAND
Tallinn
ESTONIA
SWEDEN
Tartu
RUSSIA
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
16 ECTS Master’s Studies Module
is scheduled
from 16th of March
till 13th of May 2016
at the University of Tartu, Estonia.
Module co-ordinators:
Prof. Rein Ahas
Prof. Tiit Tammaru
Contact:
Kristi Sõmer
kristi.somer@ut.ee
Department of Geography
University of Tartu
Vanemuise 46-245
51014 Tartu, ESTONIA
Ph +372 737 5077
http://www.geograafia.ut.ee/en/
international-courses
WHY TARTU:
• Tartu is a student town – 20% of the
population are students.
• Modern residence halls, affordable
accommodation.
• Free wireless internet almost everywhere.
• Home to UT, ranked in the top 3% in the
world (THE 2013-2014 World University
Rankings).
Information about
applying as an exchange
or visiting student:
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• International students rate Estonia as
the #1 place to stay (Erasmus Student
Network Survey 2010).
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international-courses
Course name
Course description
Lecturer
Introduction to Urban
Planning,
2 ECTS
Traditional and contemporary theories and their usage in
planning process for urban planners, introduction to the
profession.
Prof. D.Hess
(University at Buffalo)
Geography,
communication and
spatial mobility,
4 ECTS
Societal and planning issues and their management by means
of new and innovative information and communication
technologies (ICT), theories and principles of functioning of
the contemporary ICT-based society, implementation of ICT in
planning decisions.
Prof. R.Ahas (UT)
Prof. M.Zook
(University of Kentucky)
Demography and Social
Geography in the Cities,
4 ECTS
Demographic processes in the city with a focus on the processes
of spatial population mobility, immigration, urbanization,
suburbanization, counter-urbanization and residential mobility
within the urban regions, theories that are dealing with the
socio-spatial processes and related planning challenges in the
city.
Prof. T.Tammaru (UT)
Dr. A.Kährik (UT)
Socio-spatial Changes in
Cities in Transition,
2 ECTS
Key urban theories in the context of urban change in the
formerly socialist countries of Europe in transition.
Economic Geography of
Urban Systems,
2 ECTS
Contemporary urban networks, including their role in
economic processes, creativity and the logistical challenges of
contemporary cities and urban systems.
Prof. F.Witlox
(Ghent University)
GIS, Maps and Spatial
Analyses for Urban
Planning,
2 ECTS
GIS methods, mapping and spatial analysis, including the use
of georeferenced spatial datasets, analytical tools for handling
BIG data.
Dr. A.Aasa (UT)
Dr. K.Leetmaa (UT)
Prof. T.Tammaru (UT)
Total: 16 ECTS
Tutors
Prof. Rein Ahas, PhD - the inventor of mobile positioning
based methods in urban studies, among the 1% most cited
researchers in his field, a member of the European Innovation
Partnership in Smart Cities and Communities Sherpa Group,
Professor of Human Geography at the University of
Tartu and Research-Professor of the Estonian Academy
of Sciences. His research focuses on population spatial
mobility, information and communication technologies, and
ICT based urban monitoring technologies. He is the guest
editor of special issues of the Journal of Urban technology
(2010) and the Journal of Location Based Services (2010).
Prof. Tiit Tammaru, PhD - Professor of urban and population
geography at the University of Tartu, one of the most
widely publishing and most cited researches in the field of
urban change in Eastern Europe, a member of the Cities
After Transition research network. His research focuses on
migration, segregation and neighbourhood effects, and is
mainly based on large scale microdata (population census,
population register). He has published extensively on
Estonian, Kazakh and Swedish cities. He is the guest editor
of the Cities: The International Journal of Urban Policy and
Planning special issue Heteropolitanization: Social and Spatial
Change in Central and East European Cities (2012).
Prof. Frank Witlox, PhD - Professor of Economic Geography
at Ghent University (Belgium). His research focuses on travel
behaviour analyses and modelling, land use, sustainable
mobility issues, globalization and world city-formation.
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Prof. Matthew Zook, PhD - Associate Professor at the
University of Kentucky (USA) and Fulbright scholar at
the University of Tartu (2013-2014). His research focuses
on technological change and shifting geographies of
globalization, geography and e-commerce, software created
spaces (code-space) and global air travel geographies.
Prof. Daniel Hess, PhD - associate professor of urban and
regional planning in the University at Buffalo School of
Architecture and Planning. His research focuses on how
urban policies affect travel choices and how urban spatial
dynamics can best be analyzed methodologically.
Anto Aasa, PhD - researcher at the University of Tartu. He
is among the top 1% most cited researchers in his field. His
research focuses on space-time mobility, information and
communication technology, seasonality and bioclimatology.
Kadri Leetmaa, PhD - researcher at the University of Tartu.
Her research focuses on urban population geography,
suburban change, emerging new lifestyles in suburbia,
ethnic integration and segregation.
Anneli Kährik, PhD - researcher at the University of Tartu and
a Marie Curie researcher at Uppsala University. her research
focuses on urban social geography, housing and housing
policy, neighbourhood change and social segregation.
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