Biophysical Bases in Regional and Local Planning

Year
0
Academic year
2022-2023
Code
01014871
Subject Area
Geography
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Expository, practical and interactive strategies are used to enable students to learn and achieve the objectives previously mentioned. The lessons are based on various kinds of documents (analysis of application projects, maps, photographs, etc.), producing a whole range of practical examples of Physical Geography applied to architecture, urban planning, and spatial planning in general. Simultaneously, students will be provided guidance in the creation of a project.

Learning Outcomes

Students will

• Apply relevant concepts of Physical Geography to planning and urban design from the point of view of reinforcing the sustainability of urban spaces;

• Understand the importance of the relation of urban planning and design with the physical bases that influence and constrain them, reflecting on the role played by biophysical conditions in the structuring of urban space;

• Develop the ability to interpret the interference of topoclimate and microclimate in the built space, as well as provide responses in terms of the built environment and endogenous components, understanding the importance of the different natural hazards in the context of urban space;

• Interpret the different biophysical constraints and their connection to issues of land planning and urban design;

• Develop research methods and techniques that can lead to a new framework for interpreting and designing the territory, with the aim of implementing sustainable practices of urban planning.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

I. Methods in Physical Geography and their applicability to biophysical bases in planning.

1. The importance of physical geographical features.

II. Climate factors and urban planning. Air – the specificities of climate in urban planning.

1. Fundamental climate elements.

2. Meso and topoclimatic approach – Earth’s thermal balance. Special relation to urban atmosphere.

3. Topoclimate mapping and its application in local planning.

4. Criteria for bioclimatic town planning.

III. Hydrogeomorphological and risk aspects in planning.

1. Topography and substratum.

2. Rivers and their behavior.

3. Land use and occupation. Major constraints.

4. Aspects related to risk analysis in planning.

IV. Cartographic and physical constraints.

V. Systemic analysis. Relations between geographical factors and planning.

Head Lecturer(s)

António Manuel Rochette Cordeiro

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 15.0%
Mini Tests: 25.0%
Project: 60.0%

Bibliography

ALCOFORADO, M.J.(2010). Climatologia Urbana para o ensino. Núcleo CliMA, 3, 179 p.

CORDEIRO, A.M. Rochette; MARQUES, D. e GANHO, N.(2012). “O Clima Urbano da Figueira da Foz. Orientações Climáticas para o Ordenamento do Território”. FLUC, Coimbra, 110 p.

CORDEIRO, A.M. Rochette; Guimarães, C.; Carvalho, G; Caridade, P.(2012). “Abordagem Preliminar à Elaboração de uma Carta de Condicionantes Biofísicas. O Caso do Concelho da Figueira da Foz (Centro-Litoral de Portugal)”. Revista GEONORTE, Edição Especial, V.3, nº4, Manaus, pp. 435-448.

FADIGAS, L.(2007). Fundamentos Ambientais do Ordenamento do Território e da Paisagem. Lisboa: Edições Sílabo.

HERNÁNDEZ, A. (coord.)(2013). Manual de diseño bioclimático urbano. Recomendaciones para la elaboración de normativas urbanísticas. Bragança: Inst. Politécnico de Bragança.

HIGUERAS, E. (2006). Urbanismo Bioclimático. Barcelona: Editorial Gustavo Gili, SL.

PARTIDÁRIO, M. R.(1999). Introdução ao Ordenamento do Território. Lisboa: Univ. Aberta