Class Regional and Urban Planning

Overall, this course aims to provide the student with a culture of territorial planning that integrates three aspects: the ability to intervene in concrete situations, knowledge of ideas on regional and urban planning and their trends of evolution, critical and interventionist posture to society and territory. Thus, the curriculum unit allows future civil engineers to analyze and understand the territory in its physical, environmental, social, economic, and political dimensions.

1. Introduction
2. Basic concepts. The city
3. Planning levels, and plan figures
4. Classification of land use
5. Municipal land-use plans
6. Indexes and urban parameters
7. Demography and demographic indicators.  Demographic models of population
8. Soil policies
9. The operations of urban allotment
10. Urban design
11. Programming of facilities and public services
12. Transport and land use
13. Sustainable development

It is planned to use active methodologies to promote autonomous learning and the sharing of knowledge among students.

• Lobo, Manuel Costa, Pardal, Sidónio, Correia, Paulo V. NORMAS URBANISTICAS, VOL I,II, III e IV, Direcção Geral do Ordenamento do Território e Desenvolvimento Urbano ¿ Universidade Técnica de Lisboa .

• Lobo, Manuel Costa (1999). PLANEAMENTO REGIONAL E URBANO. Universidade Aberta.

• Goitia, Fernando Chueca (2008). BREVE HISTÓRIA DO URBANISMO. Editorial Presença, Col. Dimensões. ISBN: 9722315412.

• Compilação de diversos textos de apoio