Urban Inclusion and Participation

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Learning should result either from the teacher's lectures or from the reading and classroom discussion of scientific articles, newspaper articles and case studies.

Learning Outcomes

Know how to identify the forms and reasons for urban exclusion and segregation.

Know how to identify the problems of urban segregation and exclusion as obstacles to sustainable development.

Master the tools of planning to combat urban inequality, exclusion and segregation.

Know examples of good practices and mechanisms of integrated participation in urban planning, design and management.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Man as the essence of the concept of city.

The city as an organism: diversity, complexity and density.

From region to neighborhood: the scales of urban fragmentation.

The structure and form as tools of inclusive planning.

Participation and governance in urban planning processes.

Right and access to housing.

Right and access to physical and digital services and infrastructure.

Public space as a mediator of urban inclusion.

Sustainable Cities and Communities (SGD 11).

Head Lecturer(s)

Carolina da Graça Cúrdia Lourenço Coelho

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 40.0%
Exam: 60.0%

Bibliography

Ansell, C.; Gash, A. (2007), Collaborative Governance in Theory and Practice, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 18, pp. 543-571.

Ascher, F. (2010) Novos princípios do urbanismo | Novos compromissos urbanos. Livros Horizonte.

Borja, J.; Castells, M. (1997), Local y Global: La gestión de las ciudades en la era de la Información. Taurus.

Clark, G. (2016), Global Cities: a Short History, Brookings Institution Press.

Espino, N. A. (2005), Building the Inclusive City: Theory and Practice for Confronting Urban Segregation. Routledge.

Healey, P. (1997),  Collaborative Planning: Shaping Places in Fragmented Societies. Nova Yorque: Palgrave

Lefebvre, H (1968), O Direito à cidade. Livraria Letra Livre, 2012

Sassen, S. (2006), Territory, authority, rights: from medieval to global assemblages. Univ.Press.