Urban Development

Code:

PRODEC070

Acronym:

DVU

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

To provide students with a deep knowledge of current urban dynamics processes.

Learning outcomes and competences

To develop advanced R&D skills and competences on the subject.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Introduction. Urban development: contexts of change. Global changes and the town: debate about global cities and “new” spatiality. Innovation and urban competiveness: urban territories and innovation in knowledge economies, implications for urban policies. Urban development between competiveness and cohesion: competitive capacities and social and spatial fractures in urban territories.The role of urban governance.

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

The importance of globalisation and other social and economic processes of change, as well as the acknowledgment of the tension, in that context, between dimensions of competitiveness and cohesion are important elements of the actual debate on urban development.

Mandatory literature

Boddy, M., Parkinson, M. (2004). ; City matters: Competitiveness, cohesion and urban governance: Bristol: Policy Press.
Buck, N. H., Gordon, I., Harding, A., Turok, I. (Eds.). (2005); Changing Cities : Rethinking Urban Competitiveness, Cohesion and governance. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
Castells, M. (2010); Globalisation, Networking, Urbanisation: Reflections on the Spatial Dynamics of the Information Age, Urban Studies, 47(13), 2737–2745.
EU (2007); State of European Cities Report. Bruxelas: European Union Regional Policy.
Kazepov, Y. (2005); Cities of Europe: changing contexts, local arrangements, and the challenge to urban cohesion (pp. 3-42). Oxford: Blackwell.
Marcuse, P. and Van Kempen, R. (2000); Globalizing Cities: A New Spatial Order?, Oxford: Blackwell
OECD (2007); Competitive Cities: a New Entrepreneurial Paradigm in Spatial Development. Paris.
Turok, I., Mykhnenko, V. (2008); Resurgent European cities? Urban Research & Practice, 1(1), 54 – 77.

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching involves sessions with theoretical presentations and discussions. The student grading will be based on a report assignment and a written exam if necessary.

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

The report assignment and the discussion of the UC contents allows for an efficient learning experience at this education level.

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

Calculation formula of final grade

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