Urban planning and transportation

Duration

26h Th, 26h Pr, 1d FW

Number of credits

Lecturer

Mario Cools, Jacques Teller

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

This course is focused on the application of urban planning and transport planning principles to a practical case study in an urban context. From a theoretical point of view, different principles to stimulate the shift towards carbon-free cities will be explained, focusing in particularly on the design of car-free city centers. Furthermore, an explicit focus will be laid on the development of intelligent urban and transport systems.
The different concepts explained in the theory classes will then be put in practice. To this end, the students first will perform an excursion during which practical applications of the previously discussed theoretical concepts will be demonstrated. Consequently, the students have to realize a group work, in which an integrated urban transport plan will be developed to a pre-defined case study. In the division of the groups, a mixture of architectural, geological and construction engineers is envisaged to foster the integrations of different viewpoints.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

face-to-face

Recommended or required readings

Assessment methods and criteria

The assessment will be based on a group work, including the completion of a peer assessment. Note that the field trip is mandatory.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Jacques Teller, Professor, room 0/444, phone 04 366 94 99, Jacques.Teller@ulg.ac.be
Mario Cools, Professor, mario.cools@ulg.ac.be