Urban Spaces Management

Code:

MPPU008

Acronym:

GEU

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Spatial Planning and Urbanism

Instance: 2014/2015 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Civil 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	15	Syllabus since 2011/12	1	-	6	48	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

It focuses on presenting and discussing the debate on urban space production, following a methodology based on three phases:
(i) perception of urban spaces ,
(ii) review of recent history of urbanism and of the main utopias from the past 
(iii) interpretation of the forms and tendencies of the process of urban production in the various dimensions, and debate on better urban spaces looking at the current debates in urban planning.

Learning outcomes and competences

Working method

Presencial

Program

I. PERCEPTION OF URBAN SPACES
- Reading urban spaces: spaces, places and functions; the image of the city
- Identifying different modes of urban production, resulting from different periods in the history of the city

II. UNDERSTANDING THE MAIN UTOPIAS FROM THE PAST
- Review of the main Utopias from the past: ideologies and proposals
- Evolution of types of urban production; urban change process and different urban forms
- heritage from the past in the contemporary city

III. DEBATE ON CONTEMPORARY PARADIGMS
- The development process: agents of the development process (public / private, partnerships,…), the market context, the regulatory context, the global and local context
- New market forces and new models of the contemporary city
- New types of production and management of urban spaces; privatization of public spaces (advantages and disadvantages); controlling space; accessibility and exclusion
- The new contemporary city: forms and behaviors that respect the principles of urban sustainability
- Debate on the following paradigms:
III.1 - The Low Carbon City
III.2 - The Resilient City
III.3 - The Smart City
III.4 - The Private City
III.5 - The Inclusive City

Mandatory literature

Carmona et al ; Public Places, Urban Spaces: The Dimensions of Urban Design, Architectural Press, 2002
Henri Lefebvre; The production of space. ISBN: 0-631-18177-6
Ali Madanipour; Public and private spaces of the city. ISBN: 0-415-25629-1
ed. by Ali Madanipour, Angela Hull and Patsy Healey; The governance of place. ISBN: 0-7546-1086-1

Teaching methods and learning activities

Teaching methods: lectures combining theoretical explanations with case studies, conceptual and real-case discussions.

Evaluation methods: participation in classroom activities and written final exam.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	40,00
Trabalho escrito	60,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Realization of two assignments during the semester.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final evaluation = Assignments (12 values) + Final exam (8 values)

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The assignments are required in order to be able to do the final exam.

Observations

Classes are given in English, if there is at least one foreign student.