Urban and Environmental Management

Recommended Prerequisites

Fundamentals of public administration and administrative law.

Teaching Methods

Lectures and discussion classes focusing on the interactive discussion of different methods and instruments and their application, limitations and advantages in practice. In-class teamwork is thus a key componente.

Learning Outcomes

From a content perspective, students should: a) understand the various principles and instruments inherent to the new trends in urban management and environmental management; b) comprehend and critically examine the different concepts within these domains. From a technical skills perspective, students are expected to:a) be able to test in practice the principles, instruments, and concepts learned (for this purpose, the analysis and discussion of real case studies will be provided);b) have acquired (or consolidated) theoretical and practical reasoning skills in the field of plan implementation and environmental management, with particular emphasis on their application within the context of public organizations.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1-Introductory Concepts 2. Urban Planning versus Urban Management 3. Principles of Urban Management 4. Systems and Instruments of Urban Management 5. Urban Simplex 6 Urban Management versus Sustainable Development: the contribution of Environmental Management 6.1. Scale of Environmental Problems and Integrated Management 6.2. Principles of Environmental Management 6.3. Instruments of Environmental Management 7. Environmental Economic Assessment 8. Interactions between Human Activities and the Natural Environment 9. Applied Reflections.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Research work: 100.0%

Bibliography

Fernanda Paula Oliveira, Direito do Urbanismo. Do planeamento à gestão, Braga, AEDREL, 4.ª Edição, 2021. Moreno Pires, S.; Fidélis, T.; Ramos, T.B. (2014) Measuring and comparing local sustainable development through common indicators: constraints and achievements in practice, Cities, 39, pp. 1-9. Fidélis, T.; Moreno Pires, S. (2009) 'Surrender or resistance to the implementation of Local Agenda 21 inPortugal: the challenges of local governance for sustainable development', Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 52(4), 497-518. Videira, N.; Alves, I.; Subtil R. (2007) Instrumentos de Apoio à Gestão do Ambiente, Universidade Aberta, Vol. 1 e 2. Pinto, A. (200) Sistemas de Gestão Ambiental: Guia para a sua implementação, Lisboa: Edições Sílabo.