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Urban Planning

Code: EC0082     Acronym: PURB

Keywords
Classification Keyword
OFICIAL Territory Planning and Environment

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

Active? Yes
Responsible unit: Spatial Planning and Environment Division
Course/CS Responsible: Master in Civil Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym No. of Students Study Plan Curricular Years Credits UCN Credits ECTS Contact hours Total Time
MIEC 14 Syllabus since 2006/2007 5 - 5 60 133

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Provide training in planning, urban policies and urban regeneration. Promote understanding of the nature of the main urban problems and challenges. Present methods and instruments of urban policy.

Learning outcomes and competences

 Knowledge: Identify the current practices and action models of urban planning and urban policy. Application: Use methods and techniques of observation and analysis of problems of urban space: Identify sources of information relevant to the knowledge of urban issues in Portugal and the European Union. Analysis: Develop analytical capabilities compared to other models of intervention in urban planning. Summary: To analyze the various types of intervention and its contextual nature. Rating: Discuss and develop methodologies for evaluating plans and policies. Project: Develop proposals for action at urban and metropolitan scale.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Theoretical Program: 1. Presentation of the Discipline Program. Objectives. Assessment Method.Nature of theoretical and practical work. Scheduling tasks. 2.Intodução. Urban policies: general framework. Urban change and urban problems. 3. Urban policies and the institutional framework: institutions and urban governance. 4. The diversified nature of urban policies. The different initiatives and instruments. 5. Understanding the interventions. The diverse nature of the problems; types of urban problems and their contexts. Urban policies in Portugal. 6. Urban policies and urban regeneration: contexts, strategies and instruments. Urban regeneration in Portugal: the main initiatives and legislative instruments, their characteristics and capacity for intervention. 7. Analysis and critical discussion of case studies. 8. Conclusion of the course. Theoretical-practical program: Theme 1: Analysis of urban problems, using specific indicators for the spatial context of the metropolitan area of Porto. Theme 2: Urban regeneration: the definition of a Strategic Intervention Program for specific urban areas. Presentation and discussion of the outcomes. Critical debate. Scientific content: 80% Technological content: 20% DEMONSTRATION OF THE SYLLABUS COHERENCE WITH THE CURRICULAR UNIT'S OBJECTIVES: Urban planning is an area of intervention of the planners of the territory, having an associated set of theoretical elements and tools for planning and management. It is understood that the challenge posed to potential planning professionals - as the recipients of this discipline - is the ability to call for such knowledge to an active and empowered in the process of construction (collective) from the city.

Mandatory literature

Andersen, H.T. and van Kempen, R. ; New trends in urban policies in Europe: evidence from the Netherlands and Denmark,, 2003
Berg, L. v. d., Braun, E., & Meer, J. v. d. ; National policy responses to urban challenges in Europe, Aldershot: Ashgate., 2007
Breda-Vázquez, I., Conceição, P., & Fernandes, R.; Partnerships Diversity and Governance Culture: Evidences from Urban Regeneration Policies in Portugal.Urban Studies, 46(10), 2213-2238. , 2009

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching will consist of theoretical classes, with a predominantly explanatory nature, and in theoretical and practical classes, with group work. DEMONSTRATION OF THE COHERENCE BETWEEN THE TEACHING METHODOLOGIES AND THE LEARNING OUTCOMES: Use methods and techniques of observation and analysis of problems of urban space: Identify sources of information relevant to the knowledge of urban issues in Portugal and the European Union. Develop analytical capabilities compared to other models of intervention in urban planning. To analyze the various types of intervention and its contextual nature. Discuss and develop methodologies for evaluating plans and policies. Develop proposals for action at urban and metropolitan scale.

keywords

Social sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description Type Time (hours) Weight (%) End date
Report Trabalho escrito 4,00 40,00
Examination or individual essay Exame 2,00 60,00
Total: - 100,00

Eligibility for exams

“Achieving final classification requires compliance with attendance at the course unit. It is considered that students meet the attendance requirements if, having been regularly enrolled, the number of absences of 25% for each of the classes’ types is not exceeded. The following cases are exempted from the attendance requirements: i) cases prescribed by law, including student workers; ii) students who were admitted to exams in the previous academic year.”

Calculation formula of final grade

Formula Evaluation: Pratical component - assignments, reports and presentations - 40%
Theoretical component - Final Exam or Individual Essay - 60% 

Observations

........................................................... Estimated working time out of classes: 4 hours

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