Teaching Methodologies
Presentation and discussion of relevant concepts in the classroom; Guidance on the autonomous study of students by consulting the recommended bibliography; Discussion and reflection on pertinent issues related to the material exposed in class and presentation and discussion of case studies that reinforce learning.
Theoretical-practical assessment – by frequency (60%) and works (40%)
Exam assessment according to academic regulations
Learning Results
The student must acquire knowledge of:
sustainable development mechanisms
Monitoring and sustainability management systems
Sustainability Monitoring Programs
The student must acquire skills to:
Plan and apply concepts of sustainable development goals
Outline sustainable management strategies
Monitor the sustainability of communities.
The student must acquire competences to:
Lead and/or integrate sustainable community management teams
Lead and/or integrate sustainability monitoring teams
Program
Concepts and fundamentals of local sustainability
Agenda 21 in Portugal
Communities and sustainable management
• Sustainable development
• Dimensions of sustainability
• Fundamental principles
• Limitations
• Green spaces
• Mobility
• Energy and Light Pollution
• Waste collection
Smart Communities
• Evolution
• Characteristics
• Requirements
• Classification
• Limitations
The different systems of statistical indicators of economic performance and their suitability for sustainable
development
Indicators for determining sustainability
Local Sustainable Development Recognition Programs
• Biosphere Programs
• Eco XXI
• Eco-Parishes XXI
• Eco-Schools
• Eco-Campus
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
BRAGA, Jaime ; MORGADO, Eduardo – Guia do ambiente : desenvolvimento sustentável: Oportunidade inadiável. 1ª edição. Lisboa : Monitor, 2012. [viii], 297 p. ISBN 978-972-9413-83
COMISSÃO EUROPEIA. Eurostat – Sustainable development in the European Union : monitoring report on progress towards the SDGS in an EU context. 2018 edition. 1.
FADIGAS, Leonel – Urbanismo e natureza: os desafios. 1ª ed. Lisboa : Edições Sílabo, 2010. 149 p. ISBN 978-972-618-595-6.
FGOLEMAN, Daniel – Eco inteligência. Lisboa: Temas e Debates: Círculo de Leitores, cop. 2009. 311 p. ISBN 978-989-644-078-7.
Guia da eficiência energética. [Brochura]. [1ª ed.]. Algés: ADENE, 2010. 82 p. ISBN 978-972- 8646-17-2.
LAURIA, Alejandro – Sustentabilidade na construção. 1ª ed. Lisboa : Verlag Dashöfer, 2007. 92 p. ISBN 978-972-8906-95-5.
ALMEIDA, Maria do Céu; VIEIRA, Paula; RIBEIRO, Rita – Uso eficiente da água no sector urbano. [Lisboa]: LNEC: Instituto Regulador de Águas e Resíduos, 2006. XVI, 203 p. ISBN 972-99354-9-1