Local Development

Base Knowledge

N/A

Teaching Methodologies

The methods have a theoretical and practical carather. The focus is, however, the research and discussion of the various syllabuses by the students with guidance and supplement the teacher.

Students can choose one of the following modalities: continuing assessment or final exam assessment

Continuing assessment:
Continuing evaluation will have a component based on individual and/or group works, and on class participation, with a weighting of 40% and another component consisting of the writing of an individual article, with a weighting of 60%
Assessment by exam:
Individual written test – 100.0%
Evaluation by exam consists of an individual written test. Students who score more than 9.5 points will pass the exam. Students who score between 7.5 and 9.4 will have the right to take an oral test, and the final grade will correspond to the average of the classifications obtained.

Learning Results

1. Understand the dynamics and models of development, the concept and the main problems and policies of local development
2. Understand and relate the economic, social, cultural and environmental factors of development from a sustainability perspective
3. Understand the role of cultures and local identities in the processes of sustainable development of a community
4. Understand the importance of local responses as a contribution to solving global problems
5. Identify and manage local resources effectively and efficiently from an integrated development perspective
6. Know the instruments of planning and spatial planning and management of local resources inherent to the processes of sustainable local development
7. Know how to compare, select and apply different participatory strategic planning methods, adapting them to different situations and contexts.
8. Know the DL support policies and mechanisms in Portugal

Program

1 – LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
1.1 – Development models: from the functionalist paradigm to the territorialist paradigm
1.2 – Concept, principles and general characteristics of the DL
1.3 – Theories, models and practices of DL
1.4 – The emergence of the DL location and policies
2 – RESOURCES, STRATEGIES AND POLICIES FOR LOCAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
2.1 – Environment and heritage(ies) and identity(ies)
2.2 – Instruments for planning and managing local resources
2.3 – From global to local: The DL in the face of globalization processes; The Local Agenda 21 as an instrument of DS implementation at a local scale
3. – LOCAL DEVELOPMENT IN PORTUGAL
3.1 – Strategies, policies and social actors
3.2 – Local Development Initiatives in Portugal
3.3 – Programs and mechanisms to support Local Development projects

Curricular Unit Teachers

Grading Methods

Continuing Evaluation
  • - Individual and/or Group Work - 40.0%
  • - Scientific Article Writing - 60.0%
Exam
  • - Exam - 100.0%

Internship(s)

NAO

Bibliography

AAVV (2001) Desenvolver (des)envolvendo: Reflexões e pistas para o desenvolvimento Local. Messejana: ESDIME
Amaro R. R. (2017) Desenvolvimento ou pos-desenvolvimento? Des-envolvimento e… noflay. Cad. de Est. Af. n.34. p.75-111
Carvalho, N. (2016) Património natural e construção de identidades locais: o mosaico identitário português e o desenvolvimento local. In Atas do II CIEAD. Leiria. pp. 10-17
Carvalho, N. (2021) Desenvolvimento Local Sustentável nas Áreas Protegidas. In Maria. S.(Org) (2021) O Meio Amb e a Interface dos Sist Soc e Nat 3. P. Grossa. Atena Edit. p.54-66
Reis, P. (2012) Desenvolvimento local: o binómioturismo/áreas rurais nas estratégias de desenvolvimento local. Exedra nº6. p.155-172