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Urban and Regional Planning

Urban and Regional Planning

Code	10282
Year	2
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	T(30H)/TP(30H)
Scientific area	Planning and Urbanism
Entry requirements	N/A
Mode of delivery	Face-to-Face
Work placements	Not applicable.
Learning outcomes	This Unit aims the following purposes: a) To dominate the general features of Urban and Regional Planning in Portugal; b) To understand the Urban and Regional Planning proposals and to analyse the reason in favour or against them; c) To dominate the main features of the Spatial Planning and to understand the urbanization process in Portugal; d) Tounderstandthemainurbanmorphologicelementsandtheurbanmeasurements; e) To recognize the main types of cities and the landmarks of their histories; f) To understand the instruments, techniques-tools and models of Spatial Planning in Portugal, and the development projects and to know how to apply their rules, in the context of Civil Engineering;
Syllabus	- INTRODUCTION TO THE URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING 2. THE URBANIZATION PROCESS IN PORTUGAL 3. SPATIAL PLANNING SYSTEM IN PORTUGAL - URBAN REHABILITATION AS A TASK OF SPATIAL PLANNING 3. ICT IN SPATIAL PLANNING
Main Bibliography	[1] Adams, D.; Tiesdell, S.: Shaping Places. Urban planning, design and development. Routledge, New York, 2013. [2] Allmendinger, P.: Planning Theory (second edition). Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire, New York, 2009. [3] Barnett, J.: City Design. Modernist, Traditional, Green and Systems Perspectives. Routledge, New York, 2011. [4] Gehl, J.: Cities for People. Island Press, Washington DC., 2010. [5] Glaeser, E.: Triumph of the City. Macmillan, London, 2011. [6] Goitia, F..: Breve História do Urbanismo. Presença, Lisboa, 1992. [7] Kasprisin, R.: Urban Design: The Composition of Complexity. Routledge, New York, 2011. [8] Marshall, S.: Urban Coding and Planning. Routledge, New York, 2011. [9] Tewdwr-Jones, M.: Spatial Planning and Governance. Understanding UK planning. Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire, New York, 2012.
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria	Final mark: TP1+TP2+TP3 TP1: 0-6 points TP2: 0-7 points TP3: 0-7 points TP: theoretical and practical research
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.