Planning Seminar

Code:

MPPU007

Acronym:

SP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Spatial Planning and Urbanism

Instance: 2024/2025 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/pt/ucurr_adm.ficha_uc_edit?pv_ocorrencia_id=388437#tab1
Responsible unit:	Department of Civil and Georesources Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Spatial Planning and Urban Project

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MPPU	27	Syllabus since 2011/12	1	-	6	45,5	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The Planning Seminar is dedicated to the study of territorial problems and challenges, and to the use of diverse methodologies and instruments of analysis and diagnosis, based on current themes and areas of study. Classes are therefore a space clearly oriented to the presentation of specific thematic content with a strong spatial context.

The work is seeking to promote some specific competences, based on the ability to: I)-select and analyze relevant literature on a topic or analytical problem, ii)-choose and use methodologies and analytical tools, iii)-organize and plan the analytical problem resolution concerned, iv)-collect and treat information from real base.

Learning outcomes and competences

It is intended to achieve the following training objectives:

 -To enable the student to the meticulous exploration of topics and methodologies associated with urban and territorial problems;

-To enable the student to the use of methodologies and tools for territorial analysis;

-Empower the student to the importance of combining concepts and theories with a strong territorial context, that is, with the real space of the problems and their dynamics.

 

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Students Pre and co-requisites (the same mentioned in the Regulation Course :
a) Holders of a Bachelor's degree or equivalent;
b) Holders of a foreign academic degree conferred following a 1st cycle of studies organized according to the principles of the Bologna Process by a State adhering to this process;
c) Holders of a foreign academic degree that is recognized as meeting the objectives of the degree by the Scientific Council of the higher education institution where they intend to be admitted;
d) Holders of an academic, scientific or professional curriculum recognized as attesting the capacity to carry out this cycle of studies by the Scientific Council of the higher education institution where they wish to be admitted.
Other specific conditions can be set annually by the Scientific Committee of the course.

Program

Specific framework

Urban space is both a place where social inequalities are manifested and a factor that contributes to worsening them. Among the various lenses we can use to measure the scale of this phenomenon, we highlight those linked to the well-being and health of the people who live there. In this context, the dimensions linked to urban space (from access to decent housing and quality green spaces to social and human capital) have a high specific weight which, according to the World Health Organisation, is even greater than that of the availability of healthcare facilities.

Urban planning professionals and researchers find this an opportunity to improve people's lives, but also a challenge when it comes to operationalising interventions in the urban space which, according to this lens, must take on an integrated dimension. Among the emerging approaches to solving these problems we find those that focus on processes promoted by the communities themselves, or with their strong involvement, with recent experiences such as the “Bairros Saudáveis” (Healthy Neighbourhood)s programme being an example of this methodology.

In order to understand this approach and enable its implementation in real contexts, the contents of this course are both theoretical and practical. On the one hand, the aim is to learn about the theoretical and institutional framework that guides the production of healthier cities, as well as the main areas of intervention and the planning and management tools that make them possible. On the other hand, a set of methodologies and tools will be presented that are geared towards local action, both in terms of recognising the variables that condition the quality of spaces and in terms of mobilising the players needed for the desired transformation.

Program
1 - Theoretical and institutional framework of healthy cities. Application of literature review and diagnostic methodologies.
2 - Methodologies and tools for local action.
3 - Development of proposals for the case of Porto.

Mandatory literature

Bibliography provided to students in digital form; Bibliography provided to students in digital form (Bibliography provided to students in digital form)

Comments from the literature

Bibliography provided to students in digital form, placed in the "Contents" page of SIGARRA UC.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Individual and group work are realized, and students are mobilized for the presentation and discussion of the partial and final results of the work.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	60,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	20,00
Frequência das aulas	48,00
Trabalho de campo	20,00
Trabalho de investigação	10,00
Total:	98,00

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

The evaluation involves a process of continuous assessment that is based on individual work/monography (40%) and group work (60%). This assessment takes into account the reports delivered as well as the follow-up of the work in class, the functioning of the working groups, and the communication and assertiveness skills expressed through the presentations and discussions held throughout the classes.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Special Evaluation (TE, DA, etc..) follows the provisions of General Regulation of Student Special Evaluation.

Internship work/project

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Special Evaluation (TE, DA, etc..) follows the provisions of General Regulation of Student Special Evaluation.

Classification improvement

Improvement of Final Results - The improvement of final results may occur through a written examination at the appropriate time of evaluation for these cases or, alternatively, through an oral examination if the alternative is agreed with the Teachers and the students.