Urban Geography

Code:

GEOGR040

Acronym:

GEOURB

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Geography

Instance: 2024/2025 - 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	85	study plan	2	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Understand the urban space in its dynamics and diversity.
Identify causes and unequal urbanisation process.
Understand the city and other urban types as the result of spatially differentiated activities, in a relatively long historical process.
Grasp the dynamics and forms of urban structure, taking into account social and economic factors.
Identify some of the major urban challenges.

Learning outcomes and competences

Understanding the complex and dynamic nature of urban space and its relation with the urbanization process.
Understanding the role of urbanism and of the relationship between urban form and use of the city.
City recovery as an area of human interaction and physical embodiment of cultural dimension.
Collective work capacity.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

n/a

Program

Urban geography in relation to geography and to urban studies. The major disciplinary concepts: city, urban and urbanisation. The processes of urbanisation, taking into account its various scales and global diversity. Urban morphology and the image of the city. Cities, urbanisation and town planning: the urban shape and the evolution of cities and urbanised territories. Land use and the organisation of the urban space: the economic activities
Mobility and communication: the importance of movement in the urban space
Residence and social issues: the city as a space of separation, segregation and exclusion.

Mandatory literature

Delfante, Charles; A^grande história da cidade. ISBN: 972-771-207-X
Hall, Peter; Cities of tomorrow. ISBN: 0-631-19943-8
LeGates, Richard T. 340; The^city reader. ISBN: 0-415-11901-4
Hall, Tim; Urban geography. ISBN: 0-415-14085-4
Michael Paccione; Urban Geography: a global perspective, Routledge, 2nd edition

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory-practical classes: expository method and discussions. A study visit, on foot, in Porto. Expositions and debate about particular cities from different world contexts.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	40,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Trabalho escrito	20,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	75,00
Frequência das aulas	41,00
Trabalho de investigação	46,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Attend at least 75% of classes
To obtain 9,5 values or more (0-20) with 7,5 ot more in each of the evaluation components (theoretical and practical)

Calculation formula of final grade

Exercises in class - 20%; project - 30%; presence and participation - 10%; final exam - 40%.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Whoever is not able, with a justification, to complete the work that should be done, must contact the teacher in the 2 first weeks.

Internship work/project

n/a

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Provision is made for extra exercises for student workers and other special situations that prevent them from taking the assessment instruments.

Classification improvement

Global (to all parts of the unit)

Observations

 

 n/a