Cities and Spatial Planning

Code:

MRCOT004

Acronym:

CIOT

Instance: 2013/2014 - 1S (of 09-09-2013 to 20-09-2013)

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	15	MRCOT - Study Plan	1	-	6	4

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course unit is designed for students to:
Understand and apply concepts of urbanism and urban morphology.
Understand and discuss the conceptual framework in which urbanism and urban morphology are integrated.
Analyze and understand the evolution of urbanism and urban form.
Develop skills related to the analysis and understanding of current urban areas.
Acquire skills for intervention in current urban areas, promoting the application of geographic research knowledge, methods and techniques.

Learning outcomes and competences

This course unit is designed for students to:
Understand and apply concepts of urbanism and urban morphology.
Understand and discuss the conceptual framework in which urbanism and urban morphology are integrated.
Analyze and understand the evolution of urbanism and urban form.
Develop skills related to the analysis and understanding of current urban areas.
Acquire skills for intervention in current urban areas, promoting the application of geographic research knowledge, methods and techniques.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Urbanism and urban morphology: concepts and applications.
2. The evolution of urbanism and urban form: main undertakings, the Classical Period and the Middle Ages; from the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution.
3. Nineteenth-century urbanism: principles, agents, major undertakings and their influence on the discipline and the city of today.
4. Urbanism of the 20th century: principles, agents, major undertakings and their influence on the city of today.
5. Urban form and urbanism: recent dynamics.

Mandatory literature

ALLAIN, Rémy; Morphologie urbaine, Géographie, aménagement et architecture, Armand Colin, 2004
Choay, Françoise; L.urbanisme. ISBN: 2-02-005328-4
Fernandes, Mário Gonçalves; Urbanismo e morfologia urbana no Norte de Portugal. ISBN: 972-9483-69-8
GASPAR, Jorge e SIMÕES, José Manuel (Coord.); Geografia de Portugal, Planeamento e Ordenamento do Território, Círculo de Leitores, 2006
Gravagnuolo, Benedetto; Historia del urbanismo en Europa 1750-1960. ISBN: 84-460-0627-8
Hall, Peter; Cities of tomorrow. ISBN: 0-631-19943-8
LÔBO, Margarida Souza; Planos de Urbanização, A época de Duarte Pacheco, FAUP Publicações, 1995
Morris, A.E.J; Historia de la forma urbana. ISBN: 84-252-1181-6
Mumford, Lewis; The city in history. ISBN: 0-15-618035-9
Oliveira, J. M. Pereira de; O^espaço urbano do Porto
PANERAI, Philippe; DEPAULE, Jean-Charles; DEMORGON, Marcelle; Analyse Urbaine,, Ed. Parenthèses, 1999
Rossa, Walter; A^urbe e o traço. ISBN: 972-40-1798-2
Rossa, Walter; “A cidade portuguesa”, in História da Arte Portuguesa, Vol. 3, Dir. de Paulo Pereira,, Temas e Debates, 1997

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures and debates.

Theoretical and practical classes, in which the students must do an individual work. The answer to challenges and problems will be given by students, which will be supported by readings, debates and teacher’s follow-up.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	54,00
Total:	54,00

Eligibility for exams

Attend at least 75% of classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

Individual works are worth 50% of final grade. Written test is worth 50% of final grade. To obtain a positive grade in this subject, the student must have a minimum grade of 7.5 in each component (in a scale from 0 to 20). If the student does not present individual practical work, he must take an oral exam. This oral exam only takes place if the student has a minimum grade of 7.5 in the final exam.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Accordance with Assessment Regulations in force.

Classification improvement

Written and oral exam are mandatory.