Infraestruturas e Equipamentos Urbanos – Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra

Base Knowledge

Non applicable

Teaching Methodologies

Learning methodologies will include lectures, discussions, and problem-solving (individually or in groups).

The applied side of the course will be developed, if possible, through a number of visits and practical assignments. Also, that will be developed by sessions run by practitioners (from the private or public sectors) in which they will share concrete projects and situations.

Learning Results

The aim is that students acquire knowledge regarding the structures that support urban collective life, from a transversal and intersectorial point of view.

This includes knowledge related to the planning, management, and operation of infrastructures and facilities, as well as the spaces in which they are settled.

Students are expected to develop basic competencies related to the operational planning of public facilities, as well as with interventions in infrastructures in the urban context.

On the other hand, students are also expected to develop a critical sense regarding the use and betterment of public spaces, namely by being able to suggest improvement plans.

Program

Urban Facilities

Concept, classification and typologies; planning of collective facilities; strategic vs operational approaches;

methodologies of operational planning of public facilities in urban context; Description of the evolution of demand;

intervention at the level of the supply: simple problems vs complex problems; models of facilities management

Urban Infraestrutures

Typologies and classification; rational in designing and efficiency in the implementation; implementation of

infrastructures’ networks: approaches, technical requirements and articulation, standard profiles; visual impact and

integration of support structures (deposits, centrals…); urban green infrastructure; infrastructure interdependencies; Sustainability assessment of urban infrastructures;

management and maintenance of urban infrastructures. GIS potential

Basic techniques to support decision-making

Multi-criteria analysis and cost-benefit analysis

Urban public spaces as places to access services and equipments

Typologies and functions; Fundamentals of urban design; success characteristics; urban furniture; implications of including sustainability principles in designing and managing urban public spaces

Curricular Unit Teachers

João Armando Pereira Gonçalves

Internship(s)

NAO

Bibliography

– notes provided by the teachers

– Branco-Teixeira, Miguel (2010), in Revista da Faculdade de Ciência e Tecnologia, nº7, p 68-80, Universidade Fernando Pessoa

– Brandão, Pedro (2008), A identidade dos lugares e a sua representação coletiva, DGOTDU

– Carvalho, J.; Marinho, R. (2013). Planeamento de Equipamentos Locais. Edição Jorge Carvalho/Bublok.

– Derrible, S. (2019), Urban engineering for sustainability. MIT Press

– DGOTDU (2002), Normas para a programação e caracterização de equipamentos coletivos, Coordenação Divisão de Normas/Direcção de Serviços de Estudos e Planeamento Estratégico.

– Gordon, Patricia (2012), Infrastructure cost and Urban Growth Management, Sustainable Cities International

– Moughtin, Cliff (2003), Urban design – street and square, Architectural Press

– UN-Habitat (2013), The relevance of street patterns and public space in urban areas

– Zavrl & Zeren (2010), Sustainability of Urban Infrastructures, in Sustainability 2010, 2, 2950-2964; doi:10.3390/su2092950