MPPU004 - ECTS To provide students with a knowledge of the morphology, the tissue and the urban structure and also analyzing the qualities of urban design, urban project and urban composition in its various dimensions, aiming to qualify the network of public spaces in the light of the main themes of the international debate such as age-friendly city, accessibility for all, inclusive urban design, smart city. The context of these themes is the consolidated contemporary city, in the perspective of competitiveness and sustainability.

In particular, we intend to analyze the relative importance of programs and spatial design  proposals for the resolution of the problems which are presented in urban morphological units which traditionally or currently constitute important places of citizenship interaction in outdoor space.

The analysis involves the diagnosis of major existing problems in these urban outdoor spaces, and the evaluation of the effects of the implementation of specific programs and various spatial projects in solving these problems.

MPPU005 - ECTS JUSTIFICATION:
The planning practice requires a solid background on environmental quality, both from an urbanistic and a biogeophysical perspective.

OBJECTIVES:
To educate, promote awareness and training for observation, planning and management of urban spaces. Promote the understanding of the nature of the major environmental issues in urban areas in order to preserve the overall ecological balance of cities and metropolitan areas.

MPPU003 - ECTS

MPPU002 - ECTS

JUSTIFICATION:
Urban and metropolitan planning is an area of intervention of the planners of the territory, having an associated set of theoretical elements and tools for planning and management.
It is understood that the challenge posed to potential planning professionals - as the recipients of this discipline - is the ability to call for such knowledge to an active and empowered in the process of construction (collective) from the city.

OBJECTIVES:
Provide training in planning, urban policies and urban regeneration.
Promote understanding of the nature of the main urban problems and challenges.
Present methods and instruments of urban policy.

MPPU001 - ECTS Provide the students with a deep knowledge of the Portuguese spatial planning system, from the point of view of its conception and from the point of view of its practice, including the perception of the European context. To develop capacities of critical analysis of the conditions of development of spatial plans and of the necessary articulation between scales of planning and between sectoral and territorial perspectives and policies. To develop capacities of professional action in the field of territorial management.

MPPU006 - ECTS The objectives of this Course relate to the need to provide Master's students of advanced knowledge about the urban qualities and biogeophysical qualities of cities and metropolitan areas, and understand the specific role of planning in its environmental recovery and balance ecosystem. The observation capabilities and interpretation of urban phenomena will be developed, as well as diagnosis and prescription of patologies and environmental conflicts in urban and metropolitan areas. Also, skills for the use of planning tools as privileged vehicles of environmental policies will be developed.

MPPU008 - ECTS It focuses on presenting and discussing the debate on urban space production, following a methodology based on phases:
(i) perception of urban spaces ,
(ii) review of recent history of urbanism and of the main utopias from the past. The co-creation of urban imaginaries and development of utopias in the present.
(iii) interpretation of the forms and tendencies of the process of urban production in the various dimensions, and debate on better urban spaces with a special focus on community engagement and the development of joint urban visions.

MPPU009 - ECTS

- To understand the role of property markets and their effects (location, investments, taxes) on location decisions, and on real estate price formation;

- To endow students with theoretical skills concerning location factors and real estate features and values, within the current scope of planning and urban sustainability;

- To endow students with the technical abilities to identify, choose and implement theoretical, quantitative and cartographic models to support decisions concerning real estate markets, considering the different involved stakeholders, and pursuing the public interest, as well as the promotion of populations´ well-being;

- To provide students with abilities to pursue environmental analysis, and to deal with information systems in order to support planning decisions, raising their critical awareness in what concerns the applicability of these instruments to current planning processes.

MPPU007 - ECTS

The Planning Seminar is dedicated to the study of territorial problems and challenges, and to the use of diverse methodologies and instruments of analysis and diagnosis, based on current themes and areas of study. Classes are therefore a space clearly oriented to the presentation of specific thematic content with a strong spatial context.

The work is seeking to promote some specific competences, based on the ability to: I)-select and analyze relevant literature on a topic or analytical problem, ii)-choose and use methodologies and analytical tools, iii)-organize and plan the analytical problem resolution concerned, iv)-collect and treat information from real base.

MPPU010 - ECTS It is intended that students understand the particularities of the GIS structure and that they are entitled to conceive spatial models.
It is expected that students acquire skills in identification of environmental problems, their relationship with the occupation of the territory and with the urban form and the type of "solutions" available for environmental problems mitigation.
It is also objective of the present Curricular Unit the development of technical skills in the field of sustainability that will be incorporated in their professional activity and that they are entitled to make an assessment of the sustainability of spatial plans, in particular, detailed plans and land division schemes.

MPPU013 - ECTS For the development of the dissertation, the Master Student must start defining in agreement with his supervisor which will be the subject of his dissertation within the scientific area of the studies and following the regulations and strategic conditions of the Course. It should be noted that, in this process, the advisor is a guide, whether the subject is offered by the Advisor or is suggested by the Student.

About the research work, one expected that the Student' work could cover relevant topics of the recent international debates and also could match the scientific opportunity of the theme. Thus, the Student is expected to make the necessary effort to approach his object of study, as original as possible.