Base Knowledge
Non applicable
Teaching Methodologies
The methodologies to be used will include the expository method, spaces for discussion, group learning, research works, class presentations (by students), case studies and problem solving.
Learning Results
Knowledge about the main contemporary urban challenges and how to face them through city planning and management.
Development of the ability to critically analyze, from the point of view of sustainability (environmental, but also economic and social), urban spaces and environments.
Ability to propose sustainable solutions for organizing space and activities at various scales and in various areas of the city.
Development of skills in the facilitation of participatory territorial processes.
Program
The challenges of contemporary cities.
The soil as a resource: use and reuse; compact city vs scattered city.
Planning for sustainability: urban form and sustainability; zoning vs. mixed use (and its applicability); sustainable urban patterns (morphology)
Urban design: inducer of relationships and behaviors (instrument of social inclusion and transformation): green cities
Public spaces: sustainable design; green spaces and biodiversity.
Sustainable planning as a process: evolution of planning processes; governance structures; collaborative / participatory approaches; indicators.
Built environment: the new vs the rehabilitated (circular economy logic); codes / regulations for sustainability.
Urban resilience and city planning.
Use of GIS in planning
Curricular Unit Teachers
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
Amado, M. P. (2005). Planeamento urbano sustentável. Caleidoscópio.
Carvalho, J (2003) Formas Urbanas, Minerva, Coimbra
Evans, B., Joas, M., Sundback, S., & Theobald, K. (2005). Governing sustainable cities. Earthscan.
Jabareen, Y. R. (2006). Sustainable urban forms: Their typologies, models, and concepts. Journal of planning education and research, 26(1), 38-52.
Oliveira, V. (2016). Urban morphology: an introduction to the study of the physical form of cities. Springer.
Rathore, M. M., Ahmad, A., Paul, A., & Rho, S. (2016). Urban planning and building smart cities based on the internet of things using big data analytics. Computer Networks, 101, 63-80.
UN-HABITAT (2009). Planning Sustainable Cities, Global Report on Human Settlements. Earthscan.
PPT slides presented during the lectures by the professor