Urban Environment and Transport Planning

Code:

EC0038

Acronym:

AUTR

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Territory Planning and Environment

Instance: 2006/2007 - 2S

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
LEC	14	Plano de estudos de transição para 2006/07	4	5	5	45	135
MIEC	205	Syllabus since 2006/2007	4	-	5	45	135
		Plano de estudos de transição para 2006/07	4	-	5	45	135

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
	Total:	-	0,00

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