PORTALE DELLA DIDATTICA

PORTALE DELLA DIDATTICA

PORTALE DELLA DIDATTICA

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Urban planning

03OUDLU

A.A. 2023/24

Course Language

Inglese

Degree programme(s)

1st degree and Bachelor-level of the Bologna process in Architettura (Architecture) - Torino

Course structure
Teaching Hours
Lezioni 64
Esercitazioni in aula 16
Lecturers
Teacher Status SSD h.Les h.Ex h.Lab h.Tut Years teaching
Tiepolo Maurizio Professore Associato CEAR-12/A 64 16 0 0 14
Co-lectures
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Context
SSD CFU Activities Area context
ICAR/21 8 B - Caratterizzanti Progettazione urbanistica e pianificazione territoriale
2023/24
Learning objective of "Urban Planning" is to introduce Students: • the various forms of human settlements and their transformations in the course of time; • the demographic, economic and climatic drivers of these changes, according to the different theories of interpretation; • the most common categories of urban plans, implementation tools and planning methods.
At the end of the Course Students are expected: 1. mastering the urban planning terms, having knowledge of the contents and organization of main local plans; 2. to understand and identify key concept expressed in the different technical languages by key readings accompanying each Course’s lecture; 3. to characterize the main dynamics in human settlements (land use, population density, commuting, real estate), and inequalities using appropriate sources and methods; 4. to identify the main drivers of urban transformations (e.g.: structure and population dynamics, employment, residential market, hydro-climatic disasters); 5. to draft and present a conceptual site proposal for residential multi-dwelling development in accordance with zoning code.
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Urban Planning Course is organized into three sections. The first section shares knowledge on (i) the various forms of human settlements (cities, metropolitan areas and regions, urban sprawl), (ii) the territorial changes (environment and landscape) and on (iii) the territorial gaps (GDP pc ppp, Income/Gini index, Human development index, Human poverty index, Quality of life). The Italian context is systematically compared with that of EU27 and USA. Specific attention is paid to "transitions" (first metropolitan areas, first urban regions, origins of urban sprawl) that are retraced through contemporary writings and technical reports. The second section introduces some of the main drivers of human settlements changes identified in the first section (demographic transitions, rise of a tertiary sector economy, climate change, etc.). The main interpretative theories of ageing, in-migration, counter urbanization, urban sprawl, property predominance of housing, rise and mutation of industrial districts, adaptation/mitigation to/of climate change are presented and discussed. Technical reports by the United Nations-DESA, UNISDR-International Panel on Climate Change and the European Union provide the basis for this section. The third section introduces to the urban governance: local governments, the "growth machine", most common policies, categories of plans and zoning code at local scale. The organization of teaching through lectures, oral and written synthesis on the mandatory readings (reports, scientific papers, legislation), identification of the reference lexicon, application of the analysis in selected cases in the contexts of origin of Students, assignments aimed at increasing the capacity of the Student's understanding and abilities. Section A - Phenomena and changes (9 hours of lectures) City, commuting & metropolitan area. Urban sprawl and countryside. Environment and landscape. Section B - Drivers of changes (12 hours of lectures) Climate change and disasters. Urban climatology and climate planning. Population trends, structure, and territorial distribution. Access to housing. Section C – Changes’ governance (43 hours of lectures + 16 hours of exercise) Compact city. Brownfields redevelopment. Transit oriented development. The comprehensive/general plan. Zoning plan and code. Density and land use. Transfer of development rights. Cluster housing. Landscaping around streets. Traffic safety through road design.
The Course is organized into 17 lectures, two written assignments to be developed by teams of 5 Students, and one exam (quiz) simulation. Lectures' topics are summarized at the previous section. Assignments deal with (i) Retrospective identification of bulk control measures in awarded residential projects in the Western USA, (ii) Proposal for a Multi-dwelling Development in St Johns District, Portland (OR), USA. On early May, Students vote on the 6 readings to be prepared for the exam (quiz). On early June, a simulation of the exam (quiz) on one reading selected by the Students (in class voting) is offered.
Anacker K.B. Introduction: housing affordability nd affordable housing. Int J Housing Policy 19:1 [pp. 16]. Boeing G. 2021. Off the grid … and back again? The recent evolution of american street network planning and design, J. Am. Planning Association [pp 16]. Burke M. et al. 2021. The changing risk and burden of wildfire in the United States, PNASS 118:2 [pp. 6]. Consolazio D. et al. 2023. Ethnic residential segregation in the city of Milan at the interplay between social class, housing and labour market, Urban Studies [pp. 22] Cristiano S. 2021. Organic vegetables from community-supported agriculture in Italy: Energy assessment and potential for sustainable, just, and resilient urban-rural local food production, J. Cleaner Production 292: 126015 [pp. 14]. Ewing et al. 2021. Comparative case studies of parking reduction at transit-oriented developments in the USA, Transp. Res. Record 2675:1 [pp. 11] IPCC-International Panel for Climate Change. 2019. Climate change and land: an IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems. Summary for policy makers [pp. 36]. Linkous, E.R. 2017. Transfer of development rights and urban land markets, Environment and Planning A 49(5): 1122-1145 [pp. 24]. Nesbitt, L., Meitner, M.J., Girling, C., Sheppard, S.R.J, Lu, Y. 2019. Who access to urban vegetation? A spatial analysis of distributional green equity in 10 US cities, Landscape Urban Plan 181: 51-79 [pp. 29]. Oueslati, W., Alvanides, S., Garrod, G. 2015. Determinants of urban sprawl in European cities. Urban Studies 52(9) [pp. 21]. Pucci, P., Vendemmia, B., Akhond, R. 2022. Who are long distance commuters in Italy? Profiling LDC in Milan. Travel Behaviour Society 28 [pp. 17]. Rodrigue J.-P. The distribution network of Amazon and the footprint of freight digitalization, J. Transp. Geo. 88: 102825 [pp. 11]. Rouse D. 2022. The future of the comprehensive plan. J. Comparative Law Policy 5 [pp. 29] Tiepolo, M. 2017. Relevance and quality of climate planning for large and medium-sized cities of the Tropics: In Renewing Local Planning to Face Climate Change in the Tropics, ed. M. Tiepolo, A. Pezzoli and V. Tarchiani, 199-226. Springer [pp. 27]. *Tiepolo, M. 2024b. Tips on housing and safe urban roads design: [pp. 26]. UNDESA-Department of Economic and Social Affairs. 2019. World population prospects 2019. Highlights, New York, United Nations [pp. 40].
Lecture slides; Lecture notes; Exercises; Video lectures (current year); Self-assessment tools;
Exam: Group graphic design project; Computer-based written test in class using POLITO platform;
In-class Quiz with open-end and/or close-end questions through the Exam platform using the personal laptop (PC). Passing Urban Planning requires: A) Passing the Quiz with open-end close-end questions through the Exam platform. Quiz is about 6 out of the 15 readings of the Course. Written exam is aimed to verify Students attended the learning goals (1) and (2). Readings are selected by Students (in class voting) in the number of six (two for each Course section). The Quiz contains 30 questions (5 questions on each reading) and multiple choice answers. B) Delivering the Final report (a collection of 6 summaries of the readings selected for Quiz and the 2 assignments). Final report is due by Team (not by individual Student) and aims to verify Students attended the learning goals (3), (4), and (5). The value of (A) and (B) determinants is: A=50%, B=50%. Students are required to pass (A) with at least 1.2 points out of 2.0 in each section and to pass B with at least 3.6 points out of 6. Laude is recognized for the excellence in the quality of the Final report and the maximum score reported in the Quiz.
In addition to the message sent by the online system, students with disabilities or Specific Learning Disorders (SLD) are invited to directly inform the professor in charge of the course about the special arrangements for the exam that have been agreed with the Special Needs Unit. The professor has to be informed at least one week before the beginning of the examination session in order to provide students with the most suitable arrangements for each specific type of exam.
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