Land use management

The methodologies to be used will include the expository method, discussion spaces, group learning, investigation and research work,
project development, visits, class presentations (by the students), and problem solving.

Know the main documents that frame urban planning and management activities in Portugal and the role of local authorities
Know the instruments and procedures related to urban management in an urban context
Carry out quantitative and qualitative analysis of intentions to intervene in the territory by private individuals
Critically analyze, from the point of view of sustainability, the production of urban space through allotments
Identify trends in participatory territorial governance and associated practices

Territorial planning and management in Portugal: legal framework, concepts and practice; system and instruments
Local authorities and their powers in the field of urban management
Licensing as an urban management tool: procedures
Operational techniques associated with urban planning and management: site analysis, demographic analysis, socio-economic analysis,
urban indicators
Urban planning decisions: types (strategic and non-strategic); decision support methods (cost-benefit and multi-criteria analysis)
Urban allotments: procedures, design and assessment criteria, analysis from the point of view of sustainability
Municipal plan implementation systems and equalized urban management
Land policies at municipal level
Governance and public participation in the context of spatial planning
GIS in urban management

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