Housing and Spatial Planning

Code:

MRCOT050

Acronym:

HOT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Social Geography

Instance: 2024/2025 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Geography
Course/CS Responsible:	Masters in Hazards, Cities and Spatial Planning

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MRCOT	13	MRCOT - Study Plan	1	-	6	41	162
MSIGOT	1	MSIGOT - Study Plan	1	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

a)Provide students with knowledge about the housing system and policies in Portugal and in the context of the European Union; 
b) Justify the importance of the national economies and residential real estate in the assets of families and communities;  c) Justify the need of housing policy as a general framework for action; 
d) Interpret the housing policy in the context of public policy, developing a critical attitude;
e) Justify the need for public intervention in the different market segments, identifying the reasons and objectives; 
f) Analyze the problems of housing in territorial plans;
 g) Evaluate different programmes/measures of housing policies, identifying the main successes and failures.

Learning outcomes and competences

 a) Collect, process, represent and interpret data allowing identification of the housing problems;
b) To assess the housing needs of different scales;
c) Develop autonomy in research and self-learning.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Understand the forms of housing production: 1.1. General characterization of the Portuguese and European situation 1.2. Welfare and housing, in a context of social, cultural and demographic changes 1.3. Economic importance of housing. Housing, employment, income and savings. Housing and real estate investing 1.4. Territorial importance of housing. Housing and spatial differentiation 2. Understand housing policies: 2.1 Housing policies in the context of public policy 2.2 Diversity of housing systems and policies in Europe 2.3 Housing policy instruments 2.4 Regulation of forms of occupation: property and rent 2.5 Funding schemes and subsidies to people 2.6 Social housing 3. Housing and planning 3.1 The role of housing and residential strategies in the structuring of the territory 3.2 Duties and responsibilities of the different levels of public administration in housing  3.3 Housing Law 3.4. National Housing Plan; the Local Housing Strategy and the Municipal Housing Charter 3.5 The role of housing in the territories (re)qualification. Instruments and intervention programs in the rehabilitation of the housing. 3.6 The management of residential housing stock

Mandatory literature

ALLEN, Judith (et al.); Housing and welfare in Southern Europe, Oxford: Blackwell , 2004
ANDERSON, Isobel; SIM, Duncan (ed.) ; Housing and Inequality, Chartered Institute of Housing Practice Studies and Housing Studies Association, 2011
ASCHER, François (coord.) ; Le Logement en Question - L'Habitat dans les Annés Quatre-Vingt-dix: continuité et ruptures, Paris: Ed. L'Aube, 1995
BALCHIN, P. ; Housing Policy in Europe, London: Routledge, 1996
BATISTA, Luís V. ; Cidade e Habitação Social, Oeiras: Celta Editora, 1999
Intergrupo "Urban-Housing" do Parlamento Europeu ; CARTA EUROPEIA DA HABITAÇÃO, 2006
CIB Proceedings ; Housing Policies and Housing Programs: Orientations, Strategies and Evaluation, LNEC/CIB, CIB W 69, Publications, 158, 1993
CONCEIÇÃO, Paulo ; ), Modelos de Produção e Gestão de Habitação Social: estratégias locais de habitação e sistemas de bem-estar social num contexto de mudança, FEUP (Tese de Doutoramento), 2004
DETR; Quality and Choice: A Decent Home for All – the Housing Green Paper, DETR, London , 2000
DONNER, Christian ; Housing policies in the European Union-Theory and Practice, publicação do autor, 2000
Maclennan, Duncan ;Trunks, Tails and Elephants; Modernising Housing Policies, European Journal of Housing Policy, 8(4). p. 423- 440., 2008
MALPASS, Peter ; Housing and The Welfare State, Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. ISBN: 0-333-96209-5
MALPASS, Peter ; Housing and the New Welfare State: Wobbly Pillar or Cornerstone?, Housing Studies, 23 (1) p.1-19, 2008
SERRA, Nuno; Estado, Território e Estratégias de Habitação, Quarteto Editora, 2002
UNITED NATIONS ; Guidelines on social housing - Principles and Examples, , Economic Commission for Europe, 2006
van KEMPEN, R. ;DEKKER, K.; HALL; S.; TOSICS, I.; Restructuring large housing estates in Europe, The Policy Press, University of Bristol, 2005
Madden, D. ; Marcuse, P. ; In Defense of Housing, Verso, 2016
Santos, Ana Cordeiro (coord.); A nova questão da habitação em Portugal, Actual Editora, 2019. ISBN: 9789896943912

Complementary Bibliography

Oriol Nel·lo (coord.); Efecto barrio. Segregación residencial, desigualdad social y políticas urbanas en las grandes ciudades ibéricas, Tirant lo Blanch, 2021. ISBN: 9788418614477, 9788418614460
Santos, A. Valença, P. e Branco- Teixeira, M. (ed.); Políticas Locais de Habitação O papel dos Municípios no âmbito das novas políticas de habitação, Vida Económica, 2023. ISBN: 9789897689826

Comments from the literature

Another complementary bibliography will be indicated during classes.

Teaching methods and learning activities

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

keywords

Social sciences > Geography > Social geography

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	61,00
Frequência das aulas	41,00
Trabalho de investigação	60,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

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

Calculation formula of final grade

Final exam: 50%
Research work report: 40%
Oral presentation: 10%

Research work report is mandatory.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Final exam.

Classification improvement

The he classification improvement will be done by final exam.

Students can appeal the exam during the appeal period.