Urban and metropolitan Policies

Code:

MPPU002

Acronym:

PUM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Spatial Planning and Urbanism

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/pt/ucurr_adm.ficha_uc_edit?pv_ocorrencia_id=388433
Responsible unit:	Department of Civil and Georesources 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	29	Syllabus since 2011/12	1	-	6	45,5	162

Teaching language

English

Objectives

JUSTIFICATION:
Urban and metropolitan planning is an area of intervention of the planners of the territory, having an associated set of theoretical elements and tools for planning and management.
It is understood that the challenge posed to potential planning professionals - as the recipients of this discipline - is the ability to call for such knowledge to an active and empowered in the process of construction (collective) from the city.

OBJECTIVES:
Provide training in planning, urban policies and urban regeneration.
Promote understanding of the nature of the main urban problems and challenges.
Present methods and instruments of urban policy.

Learning outcomes and competences

SKILLS AND LEARNING RESULTS:
Knowledge: Identify the current practices and action models of urban planning and urban policy.
Application: Use methods and techniques of observation and analysis of problems of urban space: Identify sources of information relevant to the knowledge of urban issues in Portugal and the European Union.
Analysis: Develop analytical capabilities compared to other models of intervention in urban planning.
Summary: To analyze the various types of intervention and its contextual nature.
Rating: Discuss and develop methodologies for evaluating plans and policies.
Project: Develop proposals for action at urban and metropolitan scale.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Theoretical Program:
1. Presentation of the Discipline Program. Objectives. Assessment Method.Nature of theoretical and practical work. Scheduling tasks.
2.Intodução. Urban policies: general framework. Urban change and urban problems.
3. Urban policies and the institutional framework: institutions and urban governance.
4. The diversified nature of urban policies. The different initiatives and instruments.
5. Understanding the interventions. The diverse nature of the problems; types of urban problems and their contexts. Urban policies in Portugal.
6. Urban policies and urban regeneration: contexts, strategies and instruments. Urban regeneration in Portugal: the main initiatives and legislative instruments, their characteristics and capacity for intervention.
7. Analysis and critical discussion of case studies.
8. Conclusion of the course.


Theoretical-practical program:

Theme 1: Analysis of urban problems, using specific indicators for the spatial context of the metropolitan area of Porto.
Theme 2: Comparative study of urban policies in the international context.
Theme 3: Urban regeneration: analysis/ definition of an instrumennt of strategic intervention or specific urban areas.
Presentation and discussion of the outcomes.
Critical debate.

Scientific content: 80%
Technological content: 20%

DEMONSTRATION OF THE SYLLABUS COHERENCE WITH THE CURRICULAR UNIT'S OBJECTIVES:
Urban planning is an area of intervention of the planners of the territory, having an associated set of theoretical elements and tools for planning and management. It is understood that the challenge posed to potential planning professionals - as the recipients of this discipline - is the ability to call for such knowledge to an active and empowered in the process of construction (collective) from the city.

Mandatory literature

Simonetta Armondi; Foregrounding urban agendas. ISBN: 978-3-030-29073-3
Karsten Zimmermann; A modern guide to national urban policies in Europe. ISBN: 9781839109058

Complementary Bibliography

Jennifer Robinson; Comparative urbanism. ISBN: 9781119697589

Comments from the literature

A specific bibliography will be provided for each of the programme's topics. Students should develop research skills in the main bibliographic databases.

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:
Use methods and techniques of observation and analysis of problems of urban space: Identify sources of information relevant to the knowledge of urban issues in Portugal and the European Union. Develop analytical capabilities compared to other models of intervention in urban planning. To analyze the various types of intervention and its contextual nature. Discuss and develop methodologies for evaluating plans and policies. Develop proposals for action at urban and metropolitan scale.

keywords

Social sciences > Political sciences > Public policy > Urban policy
Social sciences > Political sciences > Public policy

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without 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	42,00
Frequência das aulas	48,00
Trabalho de campo	8,00
Trabalho escrito	14,00
Total:	112,00

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

CF=0,4 MI + 0,15 T1 + 0,15 T2 + 0,3 T3,
MI - Individual monograph (on a topic chosen by the student, based on a list prepared by the teacher)
T1 - Report (in groups) corresponding to theme 1 of the theoretical-practical programme
T2 - Report (in groups) corresponding to theme 2 of the theoretical-practical programme
T3 - Report (in groups) corresponding to theme 3 of the theoretical-practical programme

Examinations or Special Assignments

According to the provisions of General Regulation of Student Evaluation

Internship work/project

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Evaluation by exam and/or coursework(s) defined in accordance with student profile.

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