Planeamento Ambiental - Corredores Verdes, Estruturas Ecológicas e Espaços Verdes
Code
722171222
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Geografia e Planeamento Regional
Credits
6
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
The subject as a discipline of territorial integration and synthesis aims at providing the student with the
concepts, the techniques, the methods and the strategies that articulate the human activities and the
urban ecology, urban environment and landscape. It is grounded on the objective of providing the
student with the ability to analyze and understand the dynamics, structure and functioning of the urban environment and landscape and urban ecology.
Finally, it aims to complete the training of future professionals in order to integrate and coordinate
interdisciplinary teams that develop activities in the area of urbanism and spatial planning. These future
professionals must lead the change towards more sustainable practices of urban planning.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
The Landscape Ecology and Urban Planning. Analysis of Urban Space.
Urban Ecology and Environmental Planning. Biophysical Analysis of Urban Space (Theory,
methodologies and techniques. Definition of territorial carrying capacities, skills, capabilities and
compatible uses. Urban climatology. Urban geomorphology.
Morphology of the urban landscape - patterns of urban form and their impacts in the natural
environment.
Greenways, Green infrastructures and Urban Greenspaces.
Greenways and Green infrastructures as sustainable urban structures. The Greenways networks and
open spaces systems.
Planning of green spaces. The benefits of green spaces. Concept of green plans. Examples.
Afforestation and urban vegetation. Effects of afforestation and vegetation in urban space. The Urban
Forest.
Environmental and ecosystem restoration in urban areas.
Bibliography
Cook, E.; Lier, H., (1994), Landscape Planning and Ecological Networks, Developments in Landscape
Management and Urban Planning, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 354p.
Fabos, J.; Ahern, J. (eds) (1996), Greenways, Elsevier Science Publishing, 498p.
Honachefsky, William (1999), Ecologically based municipal land use planning, Lewis Publishers, 256p.
Hough, M. (1998) - Naturaleza y Ciudad, Editorial Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, 315p.
Jongman, R.; Pungetti, G. (2004), Ecological Networks and Greenways. Concept, Design,
Implementation, Cambridge University, Cambridge345p.
LaGro, A. J. (2001), Site Analysis: linking program and concept in land planning and design, John
Wiley & Sons, New York, 227p.
Marsh, William (1998), Landscape Planning: Environmental Applications, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 434p.
McHARG, Ian L. (1969) - Design with Nature, Natural History, New York.
Ndubisi, F. (2992), Ecological Planning, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Blatimore, 286p.
Teaching method
The classes will provide the theoretical content and practice with the aim of guiding an individual or
group research. The practical lessons will be geared towards learning through analysis and discussion
of various instruments.
The teaching method is oriented for the student to develop:
a) Individual and group capacity to develop and use a theory, methods and techniques to promote
urban sustainability.
b) The ability of argumentation and reasoning consistent in addressin
Evaluation method
Evaluation based on:
a) Solving of practical exercises as a form of research;
b) Group Project;
c) Preparation of a scientific paper;
d) Attendance of classes and students´ performance during the semester.