Code: | 50123C5 | Acronym: | 50123C5 |
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Classification | Keyword |
CNAEF | Architecture and Urbanism |
Active? | Yes |
Responsible unit: | Arquitectura (A) |
Course/CS Responsible: | Integrated Master Degree in Architecture |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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MIARQ | 8 | MIARQ | 2 | - | 3 | - | 81 |
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This course seeks to guide students to understand cities and urban development from an economic perspective. Economic phenomena impact upon cities in many ways, and cities are places in which synergies and tensions between the economy, society and the built environment are most visible. The course introduces the principles and fundamentals of urban economics, together with contemporary discussions on the role of cities anchoring transnational flows and their role as centers of production and consumption. It discusses the extent to which urban economies can be managed, as well as the relations established with urban planning and transformative projects linked to urban rehabilitation, talent attraction, innovation and sustainability.
Understand the relations between economic phenomena, the prevalence of cities and the production of the urban space.
Understand the key features of the contemporary global economy and its implications for cities as production and consumption sites.
Understand the economic mechanisms that structure land use patterns, as well as the fundamentals of real estate markets.
Identify the actors, the organizing capacities, the types of projects and the dilemmas involved in managing the urban economy.
Understand the terminology frequently used in the discussion of urban economic affairs.
Teaching and learning methods combine an expositive approach with incentives to the participation of students during classes. There is ample room for debate, and the course contents are illustrated with multiple examples. Topics are launched on the basis of contemporary discussions and real-life situations (for example, based on newspapers´ articles, urban project announcements, statements by city officials or investors, among others) and further explored on the basis of concepts and urban economic approaches.
Students are challenged to prepare an essay, in which some of the contents of the course can be used to analyze and identify economic transformation drivers of a specific urban area. Moreover, as some of the economic terminology may be new for the students, a collective glossary will be co-created by students during the semester.
designation | Weight (%) |
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Exame | 65,00 |
Trabalho escrito | 35,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
designation | Time (hours) |
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Estudo autónomo | 39,00 |
Frequência das aulas | 21,00 |
Trabalho escrito | 21,00 |
Total: | 81,00 |
In the regular season, students can take an exam and elaborate an essay. The average of the exam and essay grades shall be equal or higher than 10 points, and students cannot get a grade below 6 points in each of them.
[Students contributing to the collective glossary will get a bonus of up to 1 point in the final grade].
In the retake season, students may take a final exam.
Final grade = grade in the exam (65%) + grade in the essay (35%).
[Students contributing to the collective glossary will get a bonus of up to 1 point in the final grade].
Or:
Final grade = grade in the final exam (100%).