Urban Geography

Year
0
Academic year
2023-2024
Code
01014003
Subject Area
Área Científica do Menor
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Lectures and student participation provides a theoretical and conceptual framework for the class material.

In practical classes students will be given other sources where they can access the relevant information needed to build case studies, subject to the following general theme:  Public policy and urban dynamics: processes of change and reorganization of mid-sized cities.

Learning Outcomes

The role of cities in affirming the competitiveness and innovation of the territories where they are located and the center of urban issues in the public policy agenda require discussions of matters and the acquisition of technical skills in the diversity and dynamics of the complexity of the urban phenomenon, namely:

. Urban geography, city and urbanization: understand the evolution of urban geography studies, deepen concepts (city, urbanization, etc.), understand the role and evolution of cities in time and space;

. City and territory: analyze the functions, activities, urban dynamics and urban system configuration using the specifics of the process of Portuguese urbanization;

. Development and urban cohesion: understand the importance of planning, new approaches and urban development strategies, policies, programs and tools that have been implemented;

. Promote studies on public policy and urban dynamics.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The following themes around which the program is structured will be presented and discussed:

1. Urban geography, city and urbanization: concepts, evolution, processes.  Urban geography: evolution; scope and objectives.  City and Urbanization: concepts.  City and urbanization processes.

2. City and territory: urban dynamics and the Portuguese urban system.  Urban functions:  "The city as living a space and place of production."  Activities and organization of space: dynamic and urban structure.  Urban system: territorial dynamics, urbanization and urban network.

3. Development and urban cohesion: planning and public policy.  City, urban planning and land management tools.  Strategic planning and urban development: new strategic guidelines.  City, regeneration and urban competitiveness: policies, programs and instruments.

4. Public policy and urban dynamics: processes of change and reorganization of mid-sized cities. Case studies.

Head Lecturer(s)

Ana Paula Santana Rodrigues

Assessment Methods

Continuous Assessment
Written test (40%) + undertaking work (50%) + class participation (10%): 100.0%

Assessment
Research work: 40.0%
Exam: 60.0%

Bibliography

T. B. Salgueiro (1992) - A cidade em Portugal. Uma geografia urbana. Afrontamento, Porto

T. B. Salgueiro et al. (2005) – Cidade e sistema urbano; Paisagens urbanas; A cidade como espaço de vida e lugar de produção. (a)

João Ferrão (Coord; 2003) – Sistema urbano nacional: síntese. DGOTDU.

A. F. Ferreira (2005) - Gestão estratégica de cidades e regiões. FCG, Lisboa.

J. Gaspar; J. M. Simões (Coord; 2006) – Planeamento e ordenamento do território (a)

A. Domingues (Coord.; 2006) – Cidade e democracia. 30 anos de transformação urbana em Portugal. Argumentum Edições, Lisboa.

CCE (2011) – Cidades de Amanhã. Desafios, visões e perspetivas. Comissão Europeia, (*)

Portal da Política de Cidades (*)

Programa Nacional da Política de Ordenamento do Território (PNPOT) (*)

Rede Europeia do Conhecimento Urbano (EUKN) (*)

Politica regional. Desenvolvimento urbano (CE) (*)

(*) em linha

(a) In Carlos Alberto Medeiros (Direcção) - Geografia de Portugal (Vol. II; Vol. IV). Circulo de Leitores, Lisboa.