Urban engineering and decision making

Objectifs

This course will gradually implement three levels:
1. Lectures to analyze the role of experts, from the point of view of technicians and the techniques they use, in urban decision-making and action.
2. Tutorials to deepen the multi-thematic modeling of the city (socio-demographic and economic data, water management, energy-microclimate, mobility, architecture)
3. An inter-universities workshop in the form of a 5-day intensive to compare knowledge related to various universities (engineering, architecture, geography, visual arts, political sciences, economics, communication) on a joint urban project with Toulouse Métropole.

The expected scientific skills are as follows:
¿ awareness of the diversity of urban, architectural, landscape, economic, social, environmental and regulatory approaches
¿ ability to integrate a multidisciplinary teams (understand the interplay of actors and the underlying issues)
¿ set up a project method on an urban scale (multi-criteria and multi-scale diagnosis, positioning, iterative design approach)
¿ use GIS software for urban projects, use image processing software to make sense of project information

Pré-requis

Évaluation

L’évaluation des acquis d’apprentissage est réalisée en continu tout le long du semestre. En fonction des enseignements, elle peut prendre différentes formes : examen écrit, oral, compte-rendu, rapport écrit, évaluation par les pairs…