Cities and Spatial Planning

Code:

MRCOT004

Acronym:

CIOT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Human Geography

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S

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
MFPE	1	Study plan	1	-	6	41	162
MRCOT	18	MRCOT - Study Plan	1	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Consider the relation of planning in territorial development and people well-being;
Understand the relationship between planning and the urban form, urban structure and the process of urbanization;
Identify, in its context, the main milestones in the evolution of urban planning;
Differentiate types, methods and scales of urban planning, taking into account the essential objectives in spatial planning and on the development of the territory;
Identify the role of planning in the face of urban problems, seen on their spatial dimension;
Consider the priorities of planning in social, environmental and economical perspectives, as the differences between problems and proposals for consolidated and peripheric non-consolidated urban spaces.

Learning outcomes and competences

Understanding of the complex and dynamic nature of urban space and of the process of urbanization, as well as its relations with the planning process.
Understanding of the role of urban planning and their role in solving urban problems.
Understanding and apllying various types and methods of urban planning.
Capacity of collective work.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Urban planning, urbanism and urbanization.
The evolution of urban planning since the Industrial Revolution: principles, agents, main achievements and their influence in the discipline and in the city of today.
The 20TH century urbanism: principles, agents, main achievements and their influence in the city today.
Urban planning: models.
Planning, sustainability and well-being.
Planning, competitiveness and development.
Problems, challenges and actions for the city centre and the periphery.

Mandatory literature

Choay, Françoise; L.urbanisme. ISBN: 2-02-005328-4
Hall, Peter; Cities of tomorrow. ISBN: 0-631-19943-8
Ascher, François; Novos princípios do urbanismo, Lisboa, Livros Horizonte, 2010
Benton-Short, L., & Short, J. R ; ities and nature. Routledge critical introductions to urbanism and the cit, London/New York: Routledge, 2007
Hall, Peter; Good cities, better lives, Routledge, 2014
Roberts, P., Ravetz, J., & George, C. ; Environment and the city. Routledge introductions to environment, Routledge, 2009

Teaching methods and learning activities

Sessions of exposure/debate, reading/discussion and resolution of issues/debate.
Theoretical and practical classes, structured around the development, by each student, of individual and collective works.

Software

ArcGis e Power-point.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	10,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Teste	30,00
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	60,00
Frequência das aulas	41,00
Trabalho de investigação	61,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Attend at least 75% of classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

Individual or collective works are worth 60% of final grade and participatiin 10%. A written test is contabilized in the remaining 30%. To obtain aproval, the student must have a minimum grade of 7.5 in the written test (in a scale from 0 to 20).

Examinations or Special Assignments

n/a

Internship work/project

n/a

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Accordance with FLUP regulation.

Classification improvement

Accordance with FLUP regulation.