Class Sociology of Territory

The U.C. seeks to create knowledge production and intervention skills in the organization and dynamics of territories and their population, namely through theoretical and analytical, open and multidimensional approaches to sustainable development and social cohesion.

Approaches that interconnect the economy and society, the quality of life of people and the environment, local, regional, national and global levels, politics, public administration and culture, identities and belongings.

1. Presentation of the uc: planned learning and assessment strategies

2.Economy, territory and population: concept of territory, environment and sustainable development

3.Morphology of space and administration: local, regional and national

4. Rural and urban: forms of ownership and organization

5. Territorial cohesion: Center and periphery, diversity, integration and exclusion, urban and rural

6. Territorial ordering: changes and policies

7. Decentralization and regionalization: winners and losers

8.Environment, agriculture and industry: impacts and climate change

9. Sustainable development and learning: growth and development

10.Local development: Planning and strategies

11.Territory and innovation: Strategic intelligence and knowledge societies

12. Exclusion from "empowerment": Changes and alternative development

13. Territorial governance: Strategies of actors and territory

14. International agendas: Sustainable development indicators

15. Public policies for Portugal

Active adult education methods will be used, namely: a) classroom debates; b) viewing of online videos followed by debate; c) group exercises in the classroom, using the websites of the Portuguese governmental bodies and European Commission.

• Baptista, F.O. (2010). O Espaço Rural. Declínio da Agricultura, Oeiras, Celta

• Covas, A. (2018). A Grande Transformação dos Territórios. Olhares Cruzados sobre as Mutações do nosso Tempo, Lisboa, Sílabo

• Ferrão, J. (2011). O Ordenamento do Território como Política Pública, Lisboa, F.C. Gulbenkian
• Ferreira, A.F. (2005). Gestão Estratégica de Cidades e Regiões, Lisboa, F.C.Gulbenkian
• Stiglitz, J, J. e Bruce, E. e Greenwald, C. (2017). Por uma Sociedade de Aprendizagem. Repensar o Crescimento, o Desenvolvimento e o Comércio Livre, Lisboa, Bertrand Ed.