2024

Multifunctional Gardens in Urban Planning I

Name: Multifunctional Gardens in Urban Planning I
Code: PAO14818O
3 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area: Landscape Architecture

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

Knowledge:

Presentation of the relevance of multifunctional gardens, its types, benefits, obstacles, policies, historical evolution, contextualisation in contemporary urban theories and currents.

Competences and skills:

i) raising awareness about the relevance and need for multifunctional open spaces in the contemporary city, given the climate crisis and urban growth expected in the near future; ii) awareness of its social, economic and ecological dimensions and how they have influenced its existence and practice.

Contents

I. What are multifunctional gardens?
II. Why multifunctional gardens?
III. Multifunctional gardens in the city
IV. Benefits and Obstacles

Teaching Methods

This curricular unit works in the e-learning modality
The assessment focuses on the various tasks developed, either individually or in groups.

Assessment

Searching for links, making glossaries, participating in forums, writing critical texts individually or in groups

Teaching Staff (2023/2024 )