Urbanisation of Poverty

Code:

50135C5

Acronym:

50135C5

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Architecture and Urbanism

Instance: 2014/2015 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Arquitectura (A)
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Degree in Architecture

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIARQ	4	MIARQ	4	-	3	-	81
			5

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

 

- To identify dominant patterns of urbanization of poverty, mainnly in Africa, Latin America and India, advancing with explanatory hypotheses of the processes that gave rise to them;

- To identify drivers of change and structuring actors considered for the understanding of the processes of urbanization and to design intervention strategies and urban design/planning.
 to design intervention strategies and urban design/planning.

 

Learning outcomes and competences

 

The aim is to create a theoretical and practical field of discussion around the spatial distribution of poverty and disparities in the process of urbanization; concerning social issues in the disciplinary field of architecture and urban planning, as well as the limitations and potential of redistributive policies, social interest and equitable management of the built environment.

Thus, it is proposed here to study the differences in production processes and management of the built environment, including discussing the visibility and the role of population groups under with low economic returns, both focusing on non-Western contexts (the experiences of Latin America, Asia and Africa) as in the critical areas of Western contexts (the development of social policies and interest in its current situation).

Establish an understanding of the broader issues related to the urbanization process, not only through the discussion of extreme disparities and / or limited resources, but also a framework of multiple actors in management mechanisms. In these contexts, the professional practice of the architect / urbanist is rarely placed only a customer relationship - service, but multiply before the stakeholders in the decision process, encompassing recurrently entities such as public structures control the territory and social interest ( the central, municipal and / or local), external donors, international agencies, non-governmental organizations, local associations and / or inhabitants, placing the architect / planner in the role of mediator and facilitator.

It is proposed the construction of a new look informing paradoxical realities, discussing methodologies and intervention instruments, constraints and potential, experience and strategic guidelines for work in multidiscilinary teams.

 

Working method

Presencial

Program

Mandatory literature

Turner John F.C.; Housing by people. ISBN: 0-7145-2569-3
Davis Mike; Planet of slums. ISBN: 978-1-84467-160-1
Bandeirinha José António; O processo Saal e a arquitectura no 25 de Abril de 1974. ISBN: 978-972-8704-76-6

Teaching methods and learning activities

 

Lectures with a strong theoretical and conceptual content and, at the same time, with presentation and discussion of case studies that allow students to confront the theoretical analysis with commonsense knowledge.

 

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Results of final exam - 0 to 20 points.