Land Use Planning and Management

Code:

EA0076

Acronym:

POT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Environmental Sciences

Instance: 2019/2020 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Civil and Georesources Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Environmental Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEA	24	Syllabus since 2006/07	3	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The main objectives of this course are to provide students with theoretical and practical skills on Urban and Regional Planning, and provide technical expertise in analysis and decision support regarding urban and regional planning. The aim is to provide tools for the description and interpretation of the current problems of the urban environment and frame the main strategies, methodologies and instruments of action to solve them.

Learning outcomes and competences

The main learning outcomes concern, firstly, abilities of description and interpretation of the current urban environment problems, including methodologies for characterization, diagnosis and prediction in the thematic areas of population, housing, employment, equipment, mobility and transport, and secondly, knowledge on the main instruments of territorial management (type, content, goals and scales).

Working method

Presencial

Program

0. Presentation
1. Urban and Regional Planning: A Historical Perspective
1.1. The evolution of territorial occupation and the arising problems
1.2. The emergence of planning and its evolution
1.3. The planning trends
2. The functioning of Urban and Regional spaces. Methodologies for characterization, diagnosis and prediction.
2.1 Demographics
2.2 Housing.
2.3 Economy
2.4 Public Services.
2.5 Transport and Mobility.
3. Sustainable Development. The Contribution of Spatial Planning
4. Planning Instruments (Plans). The plans their typology, content, objectives and scales.
4.1 General Concepts
4.2 The Environmental component of Instruments.
4.3 Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment

Mandatory literature

Mafra, F; Silva, J; Planeamento e Gestão do Território, Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação, 2004
Pinho, P; Silva, C; Mobility Patterns and Urban Structure, Ashgate, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-4724-1297-3

Complementary Bibliography

Teresa Fidélis; Planeamento territorial e ambiente. ISBN: 972-8500-58-0
Maria do Rosário Partidário, Paulo Pinho; Avaliação de impacte ambiental. ISBN: 972-8577-09-5

Teaching methods and learning activities

Classes of theoretical discussion around the presented syllabus.Theoretical/practical classes with presentation of analysis and planning support tools and practical applications of these analysis and planning support instruments to one practical assignmens. Distributed evaluation with final exam.

Software

Q GIS

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	50,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Frequency of theoretical-practical classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

Exam = 10 credits (Required Component)

Distributed evaluation (Practical Assignment) = 10 credits

The Distributed Evaluation holds the following components:
     Written Report = 5 credits (Required Component)
     Final Presentation of the Assignment = 1 credit
     Individual Response to the strategical question of the Assignment = 1,5 credits (Required Component)
     Deliveries defined in the program of the assignment = 1,5 credits
     Discussion in class = 1 credit

Note: Falling to complete any of the required components in the defined schedule results in Failing for Lack of Component (RFC).

Classification improvement

The recovery of the distributed evaluation is accomplished through curricular frequency of its components during the following occurrence of the unit.