Urban Environment and Transport Planning
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Territory Planning and Environment |
Instance: 2006/2007 - 2S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
To provide instruments for the description and interpretation of current problems of urban environment and transport.
To present and discuss strategies, methodologies and instruments for urban environment and transport policies and planning.
Program
1- Problems: nature and meaning of environmental conflicts in urban areas.
2- Description and interpretation of urban areas. Methodologies for characterisation, analysis, diagnosis and prevision.
3- Ideologies. Strategical "visions" and the sustainability concept.
4- Interventions. Urban policies and programmes.
5- Results. Evaluation and monitoring.
Case studies:
Description of the situation of Oporto: demography, housing, collective equipments.
Methodolgies of evaluation: choice of the location of a new cultural equipment at Oporto.
Main Bibliography
Friedmann, John - Planning in the public domain : from knowledge to action. Princeton : Princeton University Press , cop. 1987
Friedmann, John - The prospect of cities. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press , 2002.
Hall, Peter - Urban & regional planning. 3rd ed . London : Routledge , 1992.
Hall, Peter - Cidades do amanhã : uma história intelectual do planeamento e do projecto urbanos no século XX. São Paulo : Perspectiva , cop. 1995
Salgueiro, Teresa Barata - A cidade em Portugal : uma geografia urbana. 3ª ed . Porto : Edições Afrontamento , 1999.
Complementary Bibliography
Pretende-se que os alunos utilizem activamente a base bibliográfica da Biblioteca da FEUP, recorrendo, para cada capítulo do programa, às diversas revistas disponíveis sobre o planeamento urbano, ambiental e de transportes.
Teaching methods and learning activities
Theoretical courses.
Presentation and discussion of case studies.
Research in small groups.
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation with final exam
Assessment Components
Description |
Type |
Time (hours) |
Weight (%) |
End date |
Subject Classes |
Participação presencial |
14,00 |
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Total: |
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0,00 |
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Eligibility for exams
Frequency of practical classes. Development of research in small groups. Elaboration of indidual reports on cases studied.
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
Final exam - 20/20
Working students may choose, in the beggining of the term, to develop the same case studies and to elaborate the individual repots as the other students.
Observations
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Working time estimated out of class: 3 hours