Sustainability in cities and regions has become a central element when trying to solve larger issues like mitigating global climate, enabling regional adaptation, and the preservation of natural systems and ecological function. Environmental and social processes have a broad scale, they just do not happen in a neighborhood, but they will find its causes and consequences in the region or the country they are surrounded by, or even the whole world. Therefore, a sustainable planning is achieved from the local to the meso, and to the global scales. The need for a comprehensive and systemic view of the region both for its analysis and for planning and management initiatives, justify, however, the design and the multi-perspective approach of the course.
Course competences | |
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Code | Description |
CB06 | Possess and understand knowledge that provides a basis or opportunity to be original in the development and / or application of ideas, often in a research context. |
CB07 | Apply the achieved knowledge and ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to the area of study |
CB08 | Be able to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of making judgments based on information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of knowledge and judgments |
CB09 | Know how to communicate the conclusions and their supported knowledge and ultimate reasons to specialized and non-specialized audiences in a clear and unambiguous way |
G10 | Capacity to carry out studies on spatial planning, on the coastal environment, on coastal planning and defence and on environmental aspects related to infrastructures. |
G14 | Ability to undertake studies, spatial planning and urban development plans and projects. |
G25 | Ability to identify, measure, enunciate, analyse, diagnose and scientifically and technically describe a civil engineering problem |
G27 | Ability to communicate in a second language. |
G28 | Ability to work in an international context. |
TE09 | Ability to analyse and diagnose the social, cultural, environmental and economic factors of a territory, as well as to carry out spatial and urban planning projects from the perspective of sustainable development. |
TE10 | Capacity for planning, management and operation of civil engineering related infrastructures. |
Course learning outcomes | |
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Description | |
Students incorporate sustainability criteria into urban and territorial plans. | |
Students can carry out studies in territorial planning, coastal environment, coastal planning and defence and environmental aspects related to infrastructure. | |
Students know the usual figures and forms of planning in other geographical contexts: EU, USA, Latin America. | |
Students understand the keys to sustainable urban management, from the point of view of infrastructure (networks), but also water, energy, waste, transport, economy, etc. | |
Additional outcomes | |
Description | |
More specifically, upon completion of the course students will: 1. Understand urban and regional plans, and the related environmental issues in Spain. 2. Become familiar with the specific shapes and forms of planning in other geographic settings: EU, US, Latin America¿ 3. Understand the keys to sustainable and ecological planning, and its management processes from the point of view of the infrastructure, water, energy, waste, transportation, economy, etc. 4. Examine the specific applications of different design paradigms on urban form, through domestic and international examples and case studies of urban projects. 5. Learn about the current situation of different planning issues: housing, public spaces, urban management, participatory planning, etc. |
Training Activity | Methodology | Related Competences (only degrees before RD 822/2021) | ECTS | Hours | As | Com | Description | |
Workshops or seminars [ON-SITE] | Workshops and Seminars | G10 G14 G27 G28 TE09 TE10 | 1.06 | 26.5 | Y | N | All class meetings will be conducted as seminars. Each student is required to contribute to seminar discussions. In order to do so, students will need to complete the related readings and come to class with thoughtful questions and ideas for further discussion. | |
Other off-site activity [OFF-SITE] | Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles | TE09 TE10 | 1.15 | 28.75 | Y | N | Every student should complete several class asignments for each subject of the course. | |
Project or Topic Presentations [ON-SITE] | Cooperative / Collaborative Learning | CB07 CB09 G27 G28 TE10 | 0.26 | 6.5 | Y | N | Students in the class will be divided in groups of three and each group will be responsible for presenting some sustainable palnning solutions. Students may exercise control over discussions and raise issues and questions for the whole class to consider. More information about this process will be given in class. | |
Writing of reports or projects [OFF-SITE] | Case Studies | CB06 CB07 CB08 CB09 G10 G14 G25 G27 G28 TE09 TE10 | 2 | 50 | Y | Y | Each student will write a report analising a case of ECO-meighbourhood. | |
Final test [ON-SITE] | Assessment tests | CB06 CB07 CB08 CB09 G10 G14 G25 G27 G28 TE09 TE10 | 0.03 | 0.75 | Y | Y | Final test | |
Total: | 4.5 | 112.5 | ||||||
Total credits of in-class work: 1.35 | Total class time hours: 33.75 | |||||||
Total credits of out of class work: 3.15 | Total hours of out of class work: 78.75 |
As: Assessable training activity Com: Training activity of compulsory overcoming (It will be essential to overcome both continuous and non-continuous assessment).
Evaluation System | Continuous assessment | Non-continuous evaluation * | Description |
Final test | 40.00% | 50.00% | |
Assessment of active participation | 10.00% | 0.00% | Active class participation |
Portfolio assessment | 20.00% | 0.00% | Class asignments |
Projects | 30.00% | 50.00% | Analisys of a Eco-Neighbourhood |
Total: | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Not related to the syllabus/contents | |
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Hours | hours |
Unit 1 (de 12): Introduction | |
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Activities | Hours |
Workshops or seminars [PRESENCIAL][Workshops and Seminars] | 1.3 |
Other off-site activity [AUTÓNOMA][Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles] | 3.55 |
Project or Topic Presentations [PRESENCIAL][Cooperative / Collaborative Learning] | .75 |
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Case Studies] | 3.48 |
Unit 2 (de 12): History of the European City. Urban growth forms | |
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Activities | Hours |
Workshops or seminars [PRESENCIAL][Workshops and Seminars] | 2.8 |
Other off-site activity [AUTÓNOMA][Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles] | 2.8 |
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Case Studies] | 4.23 |
Unit 3 (de 12): Planeamiento y actividad urbanística en España | |
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Activities | Hours |
Workshops or seminars [PRESENCIAL][Workshops and Seminars] | 2.8 |
Other off-site activity [AUTÓNOMA][Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles] | 2.8 |
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Case Studies] | 4.23 |
Unit 4 (de 12): Introduction to Regional Planning | |
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Activities | Hours |
Project or Topic Presentations [PRESENCIAL][Cooperative / Collaborative Learning] | 2.75 |
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Case Studies] | 4.23 |
Unit 5 (de 12): Urban and Regional Planning in Spain | |
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Activities | Hours |
Workshops or seminars [PRESENCIAL][Workshops and Seminars] | 2.8 |
Other off-site activity [AUTÓNOMA][Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles] | 2.8 |
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Case Studies] | 4.23 |
Unit 6 (de 12): Landscape as a resource for sustainable growth | |
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Activities | Hours |
Workshops or seminars [PRESENCIAL][Workshops and Seminars] | 2.8 |
Other off-site activity [AUTÓNOMA][Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles] | 2.8 |
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Case Studies] | 4.23 |
Unit 7 (de 12): Urban Design Paradigms | |
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Activities | Hours |
Workshops or seminars [PRESENCIAL][Workshops and Seminars] | 2.8 |
Other off-site activity [AUTÓNOMA][Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles] | 2.8 |
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Case Studies] | 4.23 |
Unit 8 (de 12): New urbanism | |
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Activities | Hours |
Workshops or seminars [PRESENCIAL][Workshops and Seminars] | 2.8 |
Other off-site activity [AUTÓNOMA][Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles] | 2.8 |
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Case Studies] | 4.23 |
Unit 9 (de 12): Sustainable urbanism | |
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Activities | Hours |
Workshops or seminars [PRESENCIAL][Workshops and Seminars] | 2.8 |
Other off-site activity [AUTÓNOMA][Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles] | 2.8 |
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Case Studies] | 4.23 |
Unit 10 (de 12): Sustainable Transport and Transport Planning | |
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Activities | Hours |
Workshops or seminars [PRESENCIAL][Workshops and Seminars] | 2.8 |
Other off-site activity [AUTÓNOMA][Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles] | 2.8 |
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Case Studies] | 4.23 |
Unit 11 (de 12): Ecological, sustainable and green urbanism | |
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Activities | Hours |
Workshops or seminars [PRESENCIAL][Workshops and Seminars] | 2.8 |
Other off-site activity [AUTÓNOMA][Reading and Analysis of Reviews and Articles] | 2.8 |
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Case Studies] | 4.23 |
Unit 12 (de 12): Social issues and, participatory planning for equitable planning | |
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Activities | Hours |
Project or Topic Presentations [PRESENCIAL][Cooperative / Collaborative Learning] | 3 |
Writing of reports or projects [AUTÓNOMA][Case Studies] | 4.22 |
Final test [PRESENCIAL][Assessment tests] | .75 |
Global activity | |
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Activities | hours |