Urban Policies

Code:

PRODEC068

Acronym:

PU

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Ciivil Engineering -Territory Planning and Environment

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Spatial Planning, Transport Infrastructures and Environment Division
Course/CS Responsible:	Doctoral Program in Civil Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PRODEC	0	Syllabus since 2007/08	1	-	5	45	135

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Provide students with a deep knowledge and with advanced R&D skills and competences on the subject of urban policies, as well as develop criteria and capacity for analysis, interpretation and comparison of urban policies experiences, in different spatial and national context.

Learning outcomes and competences

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Working method

Presencial

Program

The context for urban and metropolitan policies. Spatial dynamics and the nature of the major urban issues. Forms and strategies of urban and metropolitan governance. The diversified nature of urban policy. The various initiatives and instruments. Understanding the interventions: the diverse nature of the problems. Urban and metropolitan policies in Portugal. Critical analysis and discussion of case studies. Urban regeneration policies: strategies and instruments. Forms of urban disadvantage and regeneration strategies. Urban regeneration in Portugal: the main initiatives and legislative instruments, their characteristics and capacities. Critical analysis and discussion of case studies. Prospects for the development of urban and metropolitan policies. Conclusions.

DEMONSTRATION OF THE SYLLABUS COHERENCE WITH THE CURRICULAR UNIT'S OBJECTIVES:

The programmatic contents are divided in four parts that ensure the objectives of the curricular unit. There is consistency because:
The first objective: - Provide students with a deep knowledge on the subject of urban policies – is in coherence with the thematic diversity. The second main objective - Provide students with advanced R&D skills and competences on the subject – cuts across the various thematic and its coherence is ensured through the combined presentation and analysis of theoretical explanations with conceptual and real-case discussions.
The third main objective - Develop criteria and capacity for analysis, interpretation and comparison of urban policies experiences, in different spatial and national context - is in coherence with the presentation of specific experiences and case studies which are mainly ensured in the urban regeneration thematic.

Mandatory literature

Andersen, H.T. and van Kempen, R. (2003); New trends in urban policies in Europe: evidence from the Netherlands and Denmark, Cities, vol.20, nº2, p.77-86.
Ascher, F. (1995); Métapolis ou l'avenir des villes. Paris: Éditions Odile Jacob.
Berg, L. v. d., Braun, E., & Meer, J. v. d. (2007); National policy responses to urban challenges in Europe. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Breda-Vázquez, I., Conceição, P., & Fernandes, R. (2009); Partnerships Diversity and Governance Culture: Evidences from Urban Regeneration Policies in Portugal. Urban Studies. Urban Studies, 46(10), 2213-2238.
Portas, N., Domingues, A., & Cabral, J. (2003); Políticas Urbanas - Tendências, Estratégias e Oportunidades. Lisboa: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Teaching methods: lectures combining theoretical explanations with conceptual and real-case discussions.
Evaluation methods: home assignment and written final exam.

DEMONSTRATION OF THE COHERENCE BETWEEN THE TEACHING METHODOLOGIES AND THE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Taking into account the objectives of the course the teaching methodology adopted combines the theoretical exposition of materials with the analysis of real and paradigmatic study cases. The technical visits to some these study cases (when located in Portugal) will, in terms of objectives, contextualize the training of students in the reality of contemporary urban issues, expanding their technical knowledge in these issues, duly complemented by theoretical knowledge and the scientific approach in the classes. The bibliographic material essential for learning (books and journal articles) as well as the methods and teaching tools provided by FEUP (CICA) - audiovisual technologies for new models of teaching online support, will be previously available for students, especially those that have to support the development of the case studies provided.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
	Trabalho escrito		100,00
	Total:	-	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo
	Total:	0,00

Eligibility for exams

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Calculation formula of final grade

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