ANALYSIS OF THE TERRITORY AND SETTLEMENTS
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: MAURIZIO SPINAExpected Learning Outcomes
Understanding how city and regions works, and how they are evolving in recent years.
Course Structure
Lectures
Performance of a simple land-use reading exercise using GIS software
Required Prerequisites
Knowledge of the Italian language (ability to write a short text), basic knowledge of mathematics (four operations, fractions, percentages).
Attendance of Lessons
Highly recommended
Detailed Course Content
The course focus is the comprehension of urban and regional settlements, aimed at the definiton of planning tools.The second part include an overview on the structure and content of loand use local plans, including also Italian planning legislatition.
Textbook Information
1. G. Astengo voce Urbanistica, Enciclopedia universale dell’arte
2. G. Dato, Sventramenti nelle città Siciliane
3 G. Dato, Ingegneria sanitaria
4 A. Corboz, L'urbanistica del XX secolo: un bilancio
5 G. De Carlo, Città a bassa entropia
2. G. Dato, Sventramenti nelle città Siciliane
3 G. Dato, Ingegneria sanitaria
4 A. Corboz, L'urbanistica del XX secolo: un bilancio
5 G. De Carlo, Città a bassa entropia
Further teaching materials will be available on the course page on Studium
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction and definitions | |
| 2 | Cartography | |
| 3 | Census data, demographic indicators | |
| 4 | Introduction to GIS | |
| 5 | Urban Planning Parameters | |
| 6 | Origins of modern urban planning, sanitary engineering | |
| 7 | Newly founded cities in Sicily | |
| 8 | City facilities | |
| 9 | The Garden City | |
| 10 | The road system | |
| 11 | The sprawling city. | |
| 12 | The city of the 20th century | |
| 13 | Public transport, the city and the territory |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Oral exam on the course topics, and a discussion on the land-use reading exercise carried out during the course.
The exercise consists in the production of a land use map and a short report.
The final grade is the sum of the grades obtained in the discussion and in the exercise.
The exercise is an integral part of the course and must be handed in before the final exam.
In the case of late delivery, the grade will be zero.
The exams involve simple calculations relating to spatial indicators and urban planning parameters.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
- Briefly describe the settlement form of urban sprawl
- Describe the characteristics of the transformation of cities following the industrial revolution
- Briefly describe typical settlement forms of non-residential activities (trade, industrial production, logistics, etc.)
- What are the criteria for the classification of road networks?