Environmental Risks and Spatial Planning

Year
1
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
02036996
Subject Area
Applied Geography to Planning
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
7.5
Type
Compulsory
Level
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)

No

Syllabus

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.