Territorial Planning

Code:

EC0029

Acronym:

PTER

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Territory Planning and Environment

Instance: 2013/2014 - 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
MIEC	199	Syllabus since 2006/2007	3	-	5,5	60	145

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Justification:
The territory is a key area of professional intervention of the civil engineer, as an agent (or producer) of built structures, infrastructure and equipment, as an agent of institutions with responsibilities in the organization and administration of the territory, or as technical manager or entities engaged in real estate management. Therefore, training in spatial planning is fundamental for the 'use' and 'production' of the built space with the principles of balanced and sustainable development.

OBJECTIVES:
- Introduce students to the problems of spatial planning, providing the framework for the civil engineer's role as an agent of change;
- Provide a structured body of knowledge about the spatial organization of the territories, especially the urbanized;
- Framing the role of planning and urban management, to systematize the different modes of intervention in the territory (especially the formal planning), and promote in-depth knowledge of techniques and methodologies of urban regulation.

Learning outcomes and competences

SKILLS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Knowledge: Identify the main problems associated with trends of occupation and land use. Describe the concepts that drive the strategies, methodologies and tools of intervention in the territory. Identify types of plans and their nature.

Understanding: To evaluate and distinguish conflicts and intervention needs. Distinguish the main concepts and objectives associated with different types of plans. Interpret and manipulate the main criteria and indicators as part of the planning system in force in Portugal.

Application: Develop criteria and establish methodologies for the analysis and interpretation of plans and different urban solutions. Calculate indicators and urban parameters.

Analysis: Develop capabilities to analyze and compare different types of interventions and methodologies of urban regulation. Discuss strategies, processes and tools for intervention in the territory.

Summary: To propose solutions to increase the capacity of intervention in the territory.

Evaluation: Evaluate existing tools and methodologies, and recommend conditions for future development.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Theoretical:
Chapter 1 - Introduction. General and specific objectives.
Chapter 2 - Principles and conditions of development and occupation of the territory. Understanding the dynamic structure of built space. Urban development, economic base and the logical location of activities and functions in the territory. Spatial competition between land use and urban differences in built space.
Chapter 3 - The problems and challenges in the urbanized area. The need to plan in the face of problems and conflicts arising from the dynamics of cities and the challenges of sustainable urban development, the main objectives and methods of intervention planning.
Chapter 4 - The models of intervention. Brief reference to some historical models of urbanism. New forms of action: key elements of the debate. The role of the planning and land management.
Chapter 5 Planning system in Portugal. Land management and its instruments. The PNPOT and the PROT: nature, scope and conditions for regulating the occupation, use and transformation of the soil. The role of municipal plans for land use planning (PMOT). The Municipal Master Plan (PDM) and its influence on the management of the city. The urbanization plan (PU) as a tool for structuring the city. The detailed plan (PP) as a tool for building the city. Linkages between the various tools of the planning system.
Chapter 6 - Land management and the dynamic of real estate. Introduction to methods for evaluating urban real estate. Factors that induce changes in the value of real estate. The role of spatial planning. Methodologies to evaluate the urban real estate.

Theoretical and Practical Component:
Chapter 1 - Introduction - Introduction to the course, general concepts and general rules of evaluation. - Presentation of the Semester Program of Work and identification of Areas of Study
Chapter 2 - Indicators and urban parameters - Elaboration of the Term Assignment
Chapter 3 - Regulations of Municipal Master Plans and the Legal Regime of Urbanization and Construction - Application and interpretation, conducting an exercise-type examination
Chapter 4 - Evaluation of Real Estate - Code of Expropriation: interpretation and practical application
Chapter 5 - Term Assignment - Preparation of a written report - Oral presentation

DEMONSTRATION OF THE SYLLABUS COHERENCE WITH THE CURRICULAR UNIT'S OBJECTIVES: The territory is a key area of professional intervention of the civil engineer, as an agent (or producer) of built structures, infrastructure and equipment, as an agent of institutions with responsibilities in the organization and administration of the territory, or as technical manager or entities engaged in real estate management. Therefore, training in spatial planning is fundamental for the 'use' and 'production' of the built space with the principles of balanced and sustainable development.

Mandatory literature

Peter Hall; Urban & regional planning. ISBN: 0-415-07624-2
Peter Hall; Cidades do amanhã
Nuno Portas, Álvaro Domingues, João Cabral; Politicas Urbanas II. ISBN: 978-972-31-1382-2

Comments from the literature

Other bibliography available at UC Territorial Planning's contents

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching will consist of theoretical classes, with a predominantly explanatory nature, and in theoretical and practical classes, with group work.

DEMONSTRATION OF THE COHERENCE BETWEEN THE TEACHING METHODOLOGIES AND THE LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Students are encouraged to develop criteria and establish methodologies for the analysis and interpretation of plans and different urban solutions, calculate indicators and urban parameters, develop capabilities to analyze and compare different types of interventions and methodologies of urban regulation, discuss strategies, processes and tools for intervention in the territory, to propose solutions to increase the capacity of intervention in the territory, evaluate existing tools and methodologies, and recommend conditions for future development.

keywords

Technological sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	75,00
Trabalho escrito	25,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Achieving final classification requires compliance with attendance at the course unit, according to the MIEC assessment rules. 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.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final grade (CF) is determined as follows

CF = max {CT ; EF}, where

CT = 0,25 TP + 0,75 EF

TP – result of the term assignment (written report and oral presentation)

EF - result of the final exam

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In the case of ERASMUS students that can't follow the course in Portuguese, grading will be done through the evaluation of a written report to be proposed by the Professor responsible for the course.

Observations

Working time estimated out of class: 3 hours