Urban and Spatial Plannig 1

This course provides both a theoretical framework and practical tools for developing a design attitude able of integrating environmental protection into territorial development. It is structured into 2 modules, each corresponding to 6 ECTS (48 lecture hours each), which are closely integrated and complementary. Lectures are accompanied by an experiential training path and seminar meetings with representatives from the world of work. The course should help Students build a fundamental base of knowledge of urban and spatial planning policies and strategies, which thereby enables them to better weigh the benefit of the
sustainability of development programs and initiatives, acting also in multidisciplinary teams.

On completion of this course:
- Know, illustrate and describe phenomena and theories related to the basic principles and methods of the discipline of Urban and Regional Planning.
- Apply knowledge to understand and interpret the characteristics that define urban and territorial systems.
- Identify new solutions for the management of sustainable territorial development processes.
- Use discipline vocabulary correctly in order to explain, in a clear and comprehensible way to the public - as a non-specialist audience - the decision-making processes determining project and plan choices impact.
- Strengthen operational skills and critical, communicative and transversal competences in order to interpret and manage planning processes sustainability, working autonomously or in a team.