Redes e Sistemas Urbanos na Cidade Sustentável
Code
722171229
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Geografia e Planeamento Regional
Credits
3
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
Classes will provide the fundamental concepts about:
- the urban water cycle: technical and institutional solutions for the management of water uses within
the urban areas; challenges and trends in good practices.
- the theoretical basic concepts and the design concepts of water and wastewater treatment oriented to
the technologies that may lead to more sustainable systems, including the systems focused on reusing
(rainwater collection, waste water separation, etc.).
- the management systems and policies oriented to the prevention and adding value to the waste which
is produced within the urban environment and in the construction and demolition activities (RCD).
Prerequisites
Subject matter
- New visions for the urban water cycle.
- Water sustainable use in urban areas.
- The pipeline systems efficiency and water distribution.
- Prevention and control of floods in urban areas.
- Waste water system. Introduction to systems and treatment. Basics.
- New threats associated with chemical compounds such as endocrine disruptors.
- Innovative Systems. New paradigms. Centralized versus decentralized systems.
- National policy and community legislation on waste management.
- Prevention and recovery of waste.
- Systems for waste collection and public cleansing.
- Legislation applicable to the RCD and to the reuse and recycling.
- The problem of treatment infrastructure location.
Bibliography
- Martinho, M.G. (Coord.). Manual Prático para a Gestão de Resíduos. Verlag Dashöfer Portugal -
Edições Profissionais.
- Martinho,M.G.; Gonçalves,M.G.; Silveira, A. (2010)- Gestão de Resíduos. Universidade Aberta (no
prelo).
- Tchobanoglous,G.; Kreith,F. (2002). Handbook of Solid Waste Management. Second Edition. Mc
Graw-Hill International Edition.
- Metcalf & Eddy Inc, (2003) Wastewater Engineering: Treatment-Disposal-Reuse, 4th Edition,
McGraw-Hill International Editions, New York.
- QASIM, Syed R. Wastewater treatment plants : planning, design, and operation / Syed R. Qasim ,2nd ed
, CRC Press, cop. 1999
- Winblad, U., and Hébert. 2004 & 1998. Ecological sanitation.Stockholm Environmental Institute.
Stockholm
Teaching method
The teaching methodology will be grounded on theoretical and practical classes supported by practical
real-life cases and guided visits. Such classes besides providing the necessary theoretical background
knowledge will provide guiding tools for individual and group research. The practical classes will be
focused on the learning through the analysis and discussion of the required tools.
The classes will be lectured with support of audio-visual means, texts and specific bibliography and
thus, they will require a complementary study and research period, apart from the time spent in the
classroom. The guided visits will be organized with the objective of studying and applying the acquired
methodologies.
Evaluation method
There will be a continuous evaluation in order to encourage students to actively participate in the
classes. Nevertheless there will be several mini-tests for each module and discussion forums to
participate.