Spatial Development and Planning

Code:

GEOGR069

Acronym:

DPT

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Geography
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Geography

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
GEOGR	0	Study Plan . Minor in History (2012/2013)	3	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1.To adequately understand, to apply and to use the concepts associates to:
a) Basic methods of investigation project, apprehending the strong and weak limitations of each one, its points, as well as, its applicability to the problems of the real world;
b) Process and conception of the plans of investigation project, proceeding to the identification from objectives, formularization of hypotheses and structure of the research;
c) Development, analysis and communication, efficient and rigorous, of the results of investigation project.
2. To develop analytical and techniques capacities that allow:
a) To conceive and to organize a investigation project in Geography;
b) Select the adjusted scientific methods to the implementation the investigation project;
c) To argue and to analyze problems of the real world, keeping a reflexive position, that allows to consider and to base proposals for its resolution, supported in concepts and scientific methods

Program

1.The investigation project
1.1. Theoretical framing: the scientific investigation, its particularisations and its problems.
1,2 Types of investigation: descriptive, analytical and experimental.
1.3. Strong and weak points of some methods face to the different contexts of application.
2. The investigation process.
2.1. Question of departure: definition of the problem to investigate
2.2. The problem
2.3. Definition of structural concepts of the research.
2.4. The construction of the analysis model: formularization of hypotheses.
2.5. Choice of the methodology: quantitative and qualitative.
3. Performance of the investigation
3.1. Strategies of analysis.
3.2. Definition and construction of analysis indicators.
3.3. Collect and treatment of data.
3.4. Synthesis and interpretation of data.
4. Communication techniques of investigation results
4.1. How to write a report
4.2. How to make an oral presentation

Mandatory literature

ALBARELLO, L. et al ; Práticas e métodos de investigação em ciências sociais, Gradiva, 1997
BARBIER, J. ; Elaboração de projectos de acção e planificação, Porto Editora, 1996
BRAVO, R. Sierra ; Técnicas de Investigación Social – Teoria Y Ejercicios, Editorial Paraninfo, 1994
CAMPENHOUDT, Luc Van; QUIVY, Raymond ; Manual de investigação em ciências sociais, Gradiva, 1998
CRESWELL, John W.; Research design: qualitative & quantitative approaches, Sage Publications, 1994
GHIGLIONE, Rodolphe; MATALON, Benjamin ; O Inquérito : teoria e prática, Celta Editora, 1993
LESSARD-HÉBERT, Michelle; GOYETTE, Gabriel; BOUTIN, Gérald ; Investigação qualitativa: fundamentos e práticas, Instituto Piaget, 1994
POPPER, Karl ; A vida é aprendizagem: epistemologia evolutiva e sociedade aberta, Edições 70, 2001
SCHUTT, Russell K.; ; Investigating the social world: the process and practice of research, Pine Forge Press, 1996
BURTON, Dawn; Research training for social scientists: a handbook for postgraduate researchers, Sage Publications, 2000
Outra bibliografia complementar será indicada ao longo das aulas
DASÍ, J.; GONZALEZ, J.; Ordenación del Territorio y Desarrollo Territorial - El gobierno del território en Europa: tradiciones, contextos, culturas y nuevas visiones, Ediciones Trea, S.L. Gijón., 2004
Vários; Os Dez anos da lei de bases da politica de ordenamento e de urbanismo, DGOTDU. ISBN: ISBN: 978-972-8569-47-1
Angela HULL, ALEXANDER, E.R., KHAKEE, A., WOLTJER, J. ; Evaluation for participation and sustainability in planning, Routledge, 2011. ISBN: ISBN: 978-0-415-66944-3 (hbk)
Countryside Agency, English Heritage, English Nature and Environment Agency; Environmental Quality in Spatial Planning. Incorporating the natural, built and historic environment, and rural issues in plans and strategies, Countryside Agency, English Heritage, English Nature and Environment Agency, 2005

Teaching methods and learning activities

Diversified methods will be used, in order to allow the students, the apprehension and fulfilment of the abilities previously related

Software

microsoftoffice excel
microsoftoffice word
arcgis
microsoftoffice powerpoint

keywords

Natural sciences > Environmental science > Earth science > Physical geography
Social sciences > Geography > Human geography

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	104,00
	Trabalho escrito	60,00
	Trabalho escrito	70,00
	Trabalho escrito	28,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	62
	Total:	62,00

Eligibility for exams

Presence in 75% of the lessons.
Fulfilment of the evaluation components

Calculation formula of final grade

Preliminary research work: 40%
Research work: 45%
Oral presentation and discussion of the research work: 10%
Presence and participation in the lessons: 5%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The students in special regimen will get the note of frequency of the following form: 1. Final examination 2 . Research work definite by the professor and followed by this in schedule to combine with students. This work will be presented orally in date and hour to combine.

Classification improvement

Exam