Housing

Code:

EC5289

Acronym:

PHAB

Instance: 2004/2005 - 2S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LEC	15	Plano de Estudos EC a partir de 2003	5	2,5	5	-
		P.E. dos Bacharéis em Eng. Geo. de 2003	5	2,5	5	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To understand housing situation, housing change and housing policies.

Program

I - Understanding housing systems
1 The relevance of housing and its specificity as a product: housing and social relations; housing and economy; housing and space. Housing in Portugal.
2 "Social problems" of housing: concepts of need, risk, exclusion and "integration".
3 "Economical problems" of housing: housing investment and finance; housing prices.
4 "Spatial problems" of housing: housing and land and urban development.
5 "The future of housing": housing and social change; housing and economy; housing and spatial change; changes in housing provision. Prospects for Portugal.

II Housing policies
6 The European context: the diversity of housing systems and policies.
7 Housing policies in Portugal: general description.
8 Housing policies' instruments.
9 "The future of housing policies". Prospects for Portugal.

III Case studies: methodologies for analysis and evaluation.

Main Bibliography

Ascher, F. (coord) (1995). Le logement en questions (l'habitat dans les années quatre-vingt-dix: continuités et ruptures). La Tour d'Aigues, Éditions de l'Aube.
Cardoso, A. (1991). O Planeamento Municipal e a Habitação. Escher.
CES (1997). Colóquio "A política de habitação". Lisboa, Conselho Económico e Social.
Conceição, P. (2004). Modelos de produção e gestão de habitação social: estratégias locais de habitação e sistemas de bem-estar social num contexto de mudança. Dissertação de doutoramento. Porto: FEUP
Doling, J. (1997). Comparative Housing Policy: government and housing in advanced industrialised countries. London, Macmillan Press.
Oxley, M. e Smith, J. (1996). Housing Policy and Rented Housing in Europe. London, E & FN Spon.

Complementary Bibliography

Andersen, H. S. (1998), Motives for Investments in Housing Rehabilitation among Private Landlords under Rent Control, Housing Studies, 13 (2), pp. 177-200.
Andersen, H. S. e Leather, P. (Eds) (1999). Housing Renewal in Europe. Bristol, The Policy Press.
Cabrita, A. M. R. (1995). A Casa e o Homem: Definição Individual e Social da Qualidade da Habitação. Lisboa, LNEC.
Cardoso, A. (1996). Do desenvolvimento do planeamento ao planeamento do desenvolvimento. Porto, Afrontamento.
Conceição, P. (1996). As condições de habitação na Área Metropolitana do Porto. Estatísticas & Estudos Regionais. Nº 10, pp. 16-34.
Freitas, M. J. (1998). Pensar os espaços domésticos em contextos de realojamento. Sociedade e Território, 25/26, pp. 150-161.
Guerra, I (1994). As Pessoas Não São Coisas que se Ponham em Gavetas. Sociedade e Território, 20, pp. 11-16.
Harloe, M. (1995). The People's Home? Social Rented Housing in Europe & America. Oxford, Blackwell.
Kemeny, J. (1995). From Public Housing to the Social Market: Rental policy strategies in comparative perspective. London, Routledge.
Pimenta, M., Ferreira, L. V. e Ferreira, J. A. (2001). Estudo Socioeconómico da Habitação Social. Porto, Câmara Municipal do Porto.
Pimenta, M., Ferreira, J. A., Ferreira, L. V., Faria, A. e Pimentel, P. (2001). As �ilhas� do Porto � Estudo Socioeconómico. Porto: Câmara Municipal do Porto.
Neves, V. (1998). Owner-occupied Housing Finance in Portugal. Comunicação à International Housing Conference: Housing in Southern Europe, a separate path? Madrid.
Tosi, A. (1994). Abitanti. Le nuove strategie dell'azione abitativa. Bologna, Il Mulino.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical courses.
Group discussion.
Case studies.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Calculation formula of final grade

Final exam - 20/20
(part of this classification can be obtained developing the complementary works referred in evaluation components)

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Final exam