Duration
24h Th
Number of credits
| Master in geography : general (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits | |||
| Master in architecture (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course studies the city and regional project processes on several scales, based on their underlying issues. Different approaches will be used to address the tools they implement and the actors they involve. The processes will be critiqued and linked to the social projects they support. These strategies, designed to answer questions that emerge in a given context, in turn transform that context. The resulting projects shape our landscape and reflect the values and priorities of our society. What questions arise today and how do existing tools answer them (or fail to do so)? What regional projects do they support? What society do they reflect? Spatial planning is particularly political; the complex interplay of actors that surrounds it is evidence of this.
The different strategies and the tools that embody them are addressed through case studies in Wallonia, Flanders and Brussels but also abroad. The course focuses on presenting the tools and actors specific to the Walloon Region, although it includes many references to foreign examples. Regional knowledge makes it possible to better understand and evaluate the planning policies that govern it. The critical thinking that is developed through the study of different local tools allows students to grasp, understand and criticise other institutional frameworks.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Students will be able to:
- understand different processes involving in creating city and regional projects;
- understand the main categories of land use and urban planning tools, their respective objectives, scope and relationships between them;
- identify the different actors in the territory in their role and interactions;
- decipher the environmental, social and economic issues related to spatial planning and urban planning strategies and tools;
- contextualise the various tools of spatial planning and urban development and develop a critical opinion on them.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The courses take the form of lectures by the teacher with occasional presentations from external speakers. Visits and meetings with actors in the field are also planned.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face or distancial mode.
Organisational adjustments related to the current health context
According to the present Covid measures, the course is given in distancial mode via Blackboard Collaborate. The evaluation will take place in the form of a open book written review. Following the Covid mesures in force at the date set for review, the evaluation will take place in distancial mode via Blackboard Collaborate.
Recommended or required readings
Syllabus and slideshows
Assessment methods and criteria
Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.
June session :
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
- Remote
written exam ( open-ended questions )
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
August-september session :
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
- Remote
written exam ( open-ended questions )
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred in-person
Additional information:
The assessment takes the form of a written examination.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Contacts
Sophie Dawance : sophie.dawance@uliege.be Roger Hagelstein : roger.hagelstein@uliege.be