Regional Planning

Code:

EC0085

Acronym:

PREG

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Territory Planning and Environment

Instance: 2020/2021 - 1S

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	10	Syllabus since 2006/2007	5	-	5	52,5	133

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

JUSTIFICATION:
Regional development is a field of intervention for planners, associated with a set of theoretical contributions (regional science), a set of institutions and planning instruments. It is also a field of change, of which a clear signal will be the debate around strategic documents on the organization of the territory, on a European scale. It is therefore justified that students of the Planning Option may have access, in a critical and in-depth way, to the contributions of science and regional planning.

GOALS:
- To identify the current practices of spatial planning and know their institutional context, in Portugal and in the European Union;
- To know the main references of “regional science” and their contributions to the understanding of territorial development
- To identify and critically analyse the importance given to innovation, the relationship between regional development strategies and territorial planning systems, and institutional transformations, as central debates in regional planning, in the current context;
- To know methods of analysis and intervention in regional planning, especially those related to the territorial perspective and the evaluation of programs and policies;
- To develop “reflective professional” skills, including research, critical analysis and ethical reflection, imagination, communication and group work skills.

Learning outcomes and competences

SKILLS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Knowledge: Identify  the various actors in spatial planning, in Portugal and in the European Union, the European regional policies and institutions and the “European territorial agenda”. Identify sources of information relevant to the knowledge of the situation in Portuguese and European regions.

Understanding: Understand and critically analyse the different theories about the processes of differentiation and territorial development. Understand the different planning traditions or cultures in Europe.

Application: Use methodologies of analysis and prospective knowledge in the study of the Portuguese situation.

Analysis: Develop comparative study skills of the various regional development processes and contexts

Evaluation: Discuss and develop methodology for evaluating regional plans and policies, with a view to producing recommendations for public intervention and strengthening institutional capacities

Working method

Presencial

Program

I. Spatial planning system in Portugal
1. Introduction: the territory as physical support of human action.
2. Spatial planning.
3. Land use regime in spatial plans.
4. The implementation of territorial management instruments and their programming
5. Inequalities arising from plans and their compensation.

II. The regional and the European dimensions of spatial planning
1. Different planning traditions in Europe. Common aspects and main differences.
2. Different traditions of planning in Europe. Dimensions of change.
3. The European dimension of territorial planning. The historical process.
4. The European dimension of territorial planning. The critical debate.
5. Synthesis: spatial planning and development

III. The evaluation of / in the planning systems. Fundamentals and methodologies

DEMONSTRATION OF THE SYLLABUS COHERENCE WITH THE CURRICULAR UNIT'S OBJECTIVES:
Regional development is an area of intervention of the territory planners, associated to a set of theoretical contributions (regional science), a set of institutions and planning tools. It is also a changing field, a clear sign that will be the debate on strategic documents on the organization of the territory, on a European scale. That is why it is justified that students of the Planning branch can access, critically and thoroughly, to the contributions of sciene and regional planning.

Mandatory literature

Marques, Teresa Sá; Portugal na transição do século. ISBN: 972-36-0709-3
José Silva Costa; Compêndio de Economia Regional, Associação Portuguesa para o Desenvolvimento Regional, 2002. ISBN: 972-98803-1-X
Castells, Manuel; The information age. ISBN: 0-631-21594-8
Amin, Ash 340; Globalization, institutions, and regional development in Europe. ISBN: 0-19-828916-2
Antonelli, Cristiano 340; Comunicação, conhecimento colectivo e inovação. ISBN: 972-671-068-5
Lopes, A. Simões; Desenvolvimento regional
Benko, Georges 340; As regiões ganhadoras. ISBN: 972-8027-24-9
Benko, Georges; A^ciência regional. ISBN: 972-774-052-9
Cooke, Philip 340; Regional innovation systems. ISBN: 0-415-30369-9
Adams, Neil 340; Regional development and spatial planning in an enlarged European Union. ISBN: 0-7546-4714-5

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes: oral presentation of the themes of the course Theoretical-practical classes: development and presentation of group assignments

DEMONSTRATION OF THE COHERENCE BETWEEN THE TEACHING METHODOLOGIES AND THE LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Teaching methodologies enable: Use methodologies of analysis and prospective knowledge in the study of the Portuguese situation. Develop the capacities for comparative study of various processes and contexts of regional development. Discuss and develop a methodology for evaluate regional plans and policies to produce public recommendations and increase institutional capacities.

keywords

Social sciences > Political sciences > Public policy
Social sciences > Political sciences > Public policy > Public administration
Social sciences > Geography > Regional geography

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

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

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	25,00
Frequência das aulas	50,00
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

Written work (group work report + oral presentation of the group work + individual written analysis of the results) - 100%

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students exempted from the attendance requirements have access to "Exame da época de recurso".

Classification improvement

The improvement of the final classification can occur through a Written Exam or, alternatively, through an Oral Exam if this is the alternative agreed with the students.

Observations

 Estimated working time out of classes: 4 hours