Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Support local governance choices
• Develop management and governance skills specific to urban and regional planning processes
• Integrate the different expectations of stakeholders involved in the environment, urban planning and regional development
• Support project dynamics (technical management/political management)
• Master the conditions for the feasibility of an urban and regional project
• Analyse the dynamics of the creation and transformation of areas: referring to theories, historical processes, constraints and potential, the interplay of stakeholders, and the various relevant spatial and temporal scales in order to identify the issues and set out forward-looking scenarios
• Identify the various working hypotheses in relation to an urban planning problem and linked to urban and rural policy
• Identify and articulate the different components making up an urban or territorial context
• Coordinate the various disciplines involved in spatial planning across the board
• Master the tools, techniques and urban and regional engineering of observation, investigation, analysis, forecasting, representation, negotiation and communication
• Recognise, through evaluation tools, the contribution that planning can make to built and natural environments and in particular to the consequences of climatic and socio-economic changes
• Design and mobilise tools and mechanisms for the creation of cities and the transformation of territories in response to the issues and desired directions, sensitive to the challenges of social, economic and ecological transition
• Work as part of an interdisciplinary team to develop urban and regional projects at different scales and in specific contexts
• Draw up a critical and personal analysis of theories and practices, while demonstrating ability and the development of personal skills to enter the professional world and the debate on the future of cities and regions
• Explain, through critical analysis, the political and methodological nature of sustainable urbanism and reflect on how planners work effectively within democratic decision-making structures

Learning Outcomes of UE

The aim of the teaching unit is to supplement students' basic training in urban planning by deepening their skills in urban engineering. Urban engineering is understood to mean all the theories, techniques and urban solutions implemented at the urban and regional level, from the industrial period to the post-modern (digital) city. Particular attention is paid to issues of mobility, technical networks and new digital approaches, based on a resilient reading of the territory. The technical approach is understood both in the context of techniques throughout the history of the city and in current theories and their applications in sustainable city governance processes. Ultimately, students should be able to demonstrate a solid understanding of urban systems based on systems theory, enabling them to develop a critical mind when faced with current or future urban governance issues.

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

The teaching unit includes courses on mobility and sustainable development, urban networks, smart cities and resilience. The urban networks course looks at the history of all urban systems and recent techniques applied to them. The smart cities course traces the recent history of the digital and smart city and develops the urban governance logics associated with these types of use. The sustainable mobility course provides a detailed definition of mobility models and their contemporary application in cities. The resilience course deals with contemporary approaches to territorial resilience. Each course should be understood as a complement to the other, developing the theoretical principles of systems, applied here to the city.
 

Prior Experience

Not applicable

Type(s) and mode(s) of Q1 UE assessment

• Production (written work, report, essay, collection, product, etc.) - To be submitted online
• Oral presentation - Face-to-face
• Seminar participation - Face-to-face
• Graded assignment(s) - Remote

Q1 UE Assessment Comments

The assessment is based on an integrated test initiated by the presentation of a paper/report by the student questioning each AA and highlighting their understanding of the cross-disciplinary nature of the subjects taught. If the student fails the integrated test, the teaching team reserves the right to set a resit exam in Q1 in oral form based on the content of the various AAs.

Type(s) and mode(s) of Q1 UE resit assessment (BAB1)

• Oral examination - Face-to-face

Q1 UE Resit Assessment Comments (BAB1)

The remedial assessment is based on an orally-based examination covering the theoretical topics developed in the AAs . 

Type(s) and mode(s) of Q3 UE assessment

• Production (written work, report, essay, collection, product, etc.) - To be submitted in class
• Oral examination - Face-to-face
• Oral presentation - Face-to-face

Q3 UE Assessment Comments

submission of a written assignment assessed orally