Environmental Risks and Spatial Planning
1
2019-2020
02036996
Applied Geography to Planning
Portuguese
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
7.5
Compulsory
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado
Recommended Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Teaching Methods
The theoretical component focuses on the critical and reflective analysis of the subjects under study.
The practical part is based on: 1. Fieldwork, which will be developed during one or two fieldwork trips and is aimed at the accurate observation and analysis of risk manifestations occurring in a relatively recent period of time; 2. A study case of a specific manifestation of a risk, preferably recorded near Coimbra, encouraging the active participation of students through the presentation and discussion of the results obtained.
Learning Outcomes
Students must know:
1 - The terminology used in scindinic sciences and the meaning of the various concepts.
2 - The different types of risks and the subtypes of environmental risks.
3 - Legislation related to risks, specifically that which deals directly with territory planning, namely, with forest fires and floods.
4 - How to minimize and mitigate the consequences of risk manifestations.
Students must understand:
1 - The factors involved in a risk analysis, particularly those concerning environmental risks;
2 - How to draw up specific land-use plans focused on reducing the effects of risk manifestations, with emphasis on forest fires and floods.
Students must show:
Skills in the preparation of plans focusing on:
- Protecting Forests from Fires
- Flood Emergencies
- Flood Risk Management.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
Introduction to risks:
- Main concepts;
- Types of risks;
- Subtypes of environmental risks;
Most frequent risk manifestations in Portugal:
- Forest fires;
- Floods;
- Other risks;
Programs, Strategy and Territorial Planning Plans:
- National Program of Territorial Planning Policy;
- National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change;
- National Plan to Protect Forests from Fires;
- National Water Plan;
Risk management tools:
- National Emergency Plan for Civil Protection;
- Emergency Plans (National, Regional, District and Municipal);
- Emergency Plans (General and Special);
Application to spatial planning: Elaboration of a
- Plan of forest fire defence applied to a burned area, or, alternatively,
- Plan of flood risk management applied to a flooded area.
Head Lecturer(s)
Luciano Fernandes Lourenço
Assessment Methods
Assessment
Report of a seminar or field trip: 20.0%
Synthesis work: 80.0%
Bibliography
Fadigas, Leonel (2007). Fundamentos ambientais do Ordenamento do Território e da Paisagem, Edições Sílabo, Lisboa, 201 p.;
Faugères, L., Vasarhelyi, P. e Villain-Gandossi, C. (1990). Le risque et la crise. Foundation for International Studies, Malta, 220 p.;
Lourenço, Luciano (2015). Risco, perigo e crise: Pragmatismo e contextualização. In Riscos de desastres relacionados à água, São Carlos: RiMa Editora, p. 3-43. ISBN 978-85-7656-036-4
Poljanšek, K., Marin Ferrer, M., De Groeve, T., Clark, I., (2017). Science for disaster risk management 2017: knowing better and losing less. EUR 28034 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg
Slovic, Paul (2007). The perception of Risk. Earthscan: London.
UNISDR - The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (2016). The Science and Technology Roadmap to Support the Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.