3 ECTS credits
90 u studietijd
Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 4014940FNR voor alle studenten in het 1e en 2e semester met een gespecialiseerd master niveau.
Course subject: spatial analysis
Description:
Students learn through fieldwork how to look at and understand neighbourhoods in the city. The fieldwork is done in little groups of five students. Students are given a neighbourhood in Brussels for which they are asked to design a planning profile for.
It looks at neighbourhoods that define the structure of the city, that play a role in how we read the city and that are an important object for urban policy making.
Analysing the neighbourhood is done at different levels such as refining its morphology, making a mental map(as used by Kevin Lynch), conducting qualitative research, interviewing the main actors, looking at the dynamics and social practices that are specific to the neighbourhood by summing these up in a SWOT analysis. On the basis of this analysis student propose a planning profile that is embedded in the research done. The result is presented publicly and in a written report.
Methods:
Literature consulted:
'- Bridge, G. & Watson, S. (2002) From ‘Imaging the city by Kevin Lynch in: Bridge, G. & Watson, S. (Eds.) The Blackwell City Reader, pp. 3-10 (London, Blackwell).
Aims and objectives:
The logic behind this course is that students have to adopt practical and analytical skills allowing them to ‘analyse the urban’. There are six fields of attention:
(1) analysing and using statistics: being able to collect and analyse statistics in combination with the use of some basic statistical analyses
(2) conducting qualitative research: being able to apply scientific interview techniques, text analyses, reading landscapes, historical analyses
(3) applying cartography: developing basic skills of mapping (land use mapping + transmitting it into simple GIS programmes)
(4) applying special methods: social area analyses, SWOT, scenario techniques
(5) developing project management: being able to set up a research agenda, reporting and presentation skills, ...
(6) communicating and presenting results in an academic and clear manner to peer , orally and w in a written report.
Students will work with:
(1) statistics
(2) qualitative research
(3) cartography
(4) special methods: social area analyses, SWOT, scenario techniques
(5) project management
De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Andere bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer
Binnen de categorie Examen Andere dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
Examination method: The evaluation of the work in UA1 is based on an appreciation of the group presentation, as well as on the final written report. The report is evaluated on its structure, style, format, and content – i.e. it has to compile the diverse elements gathered at each step, that is : a concise presentation of the.
Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Master of Urban Studies: 4CITIES Classical track (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Urban Studies: Standard track (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Urban Studies: 4CITIES ResearchPractice track (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)