Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2503743 Management of Smart and Sustainable Cities | OT | 3 | 2 |
Not described
The three main goals of the course are:
In short, it is a matter of knowing the motivations of the planning (mainly territorial and urban), becoming familiar with the basic concepts and elements that make it up and the instruments or technical tools used to shape and concretize the planning. It will be done through theoretical classes, examples and current debates (global agendas (SDGs and Urban Agenda), the "new normal", among others) and a work on a practical case of executed planning.
The subject’s course will be taught according to the following agenda:
Block 1: Planning in Theory.
Block 2: Planning in practice.
- Implementation of the plan (constraints and uncertainties).
- Monitoring and evaluation.
The course aims to approach and to show simultaneously the two dimensions embedded in planning: the theoretical and the practical. To make this double look possible there would be two kinds of sessions:
- theoretical sessions, accompanied by readings that the student must prepare in advance to comment in class. This part will allow introducing a common and shared base knowledge for the whole group, a basic bibliography of reference and the state of the art of the most current debates.
- workshop sessions, based on the study of specific cases which will be announced and distributed at the beginning of the course. These cases will be presented in class by the teacher and the students - by groups of 3 – along the course to monitor and build up the final report.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Debates | 4 | 0.16 | 6, 7 |
Lecture | 30 | 1.2 | 2, 1 |
Oral presentations | 12 | 0.48 | 5, 6, 7 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Advising / Tutoring | 4 | 0.16 | 6, 8 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Readings and personal study | 21 | 0.84 | 2, 1, 7 |
Tasks in small groups | 60 | 2.4 | 5, 6, 8 |
The course’s final grade will essentially be based on the following three components:
• Written individual work documents that represent 50% of the final grade.
A maximum of 4 exercices would be proposed along the course (a summary of reading articles, a short essay regarding an ongoing debate or an issue raised in class, a small intervention on a specific concept discussed in class, etc.). Written quality, ability to concretise and synthesize arguments and argumentation capacity will be valued.
• Group case study work that represents 40% of the final grade.
At the beginning of the course, a case study would be proposed for each group (groups of 3 students) and an outline of the contents that will be developed and worked throughout the whole period. The presentations in class of the different parts of the research paper and the partial deliveries will build the final grade. All group members must demonstrate equal work and commitment towards the teamwork.
• Attendance and active participation in class that represents 10% of the final grade.
Attendance at all classes is mandatory. In exceptional cases of missing a class, the student would submit an acceptable justification in writing.
Qualification’s requirements:
a) Having passed written individual work documents with a minimum average grade of 5.
b) Have submitted the case study work with a minimum grade of 5.
Both previous grades will not average between them to pass the subject. Therefore, you must have a minimum grade of 5 in both jobs (individual documents and case work in groups).
c) Have participated regularly in the classes.
Grade’s review:
a) The exams and works to review the final grade would be indicated in due time.
b) To qualify for review, you must have participated in the evaluation tests and delivered the materials of the practices in the manner that will be indicated in due time.
c) The maximum grade that can be obtained in the review process is 5.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Case study in groups | 40% | 4 | 0.16 | 10, 9, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
Class attending and active participation | 10% | 10 | 0.4 | 9, 2, 1, 7 |
Personal essays and papers | 50% | 5 | 0.2 | 5, 6, 8, 7 |
Romà Pujadas, Jaume Font; “Ordenación y planificación territorial”. Editorial Síntesis.
Manuel Benabent Fernández; “Introducción a la teoria de la planificación territorial”. Secretariado de Publicaciones. Universidad de Sevilla.
Juli Esteban Noguera; “Elementos de Ordenación Urbana”. Edicions UPC. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
Peter Hall; “Urban and Regional Planning”. Routledge.
Patsy Healey; “Collaborative Planning: shaping places in Fragmented societies”. Palgrave-MacMillan.
Scott Campell, Susan Fainstein (ed.); “Planning Theory”. Blackwell Publishers.
Further readings and complementary bibliography for the class debates will be proposed along the course.