Learning objectives
Understanding of theoretical foundations and methods of investigation of human geography.
Acquisition of the main tools for interpretation of Italian landscapes, for their conservation and management.
Course unit content
The course aims to provide students with the fundamental knowledge of Human Geography: nodal concepts, sources, methods of investigation. The second part of the course will be dedicated to the critical issue of the landscape from an historical, social and prescriptive point of view.
Bibliography
Rocca G., Introduzione alla geografia umana. Itinerari di pensiero e di metodo, fonti, strumenti d’indagine, Genova, Ecig, 2008;
Lavagna E., Lucarno G., Geocartografia. Guida alla lettura delle carte geotopografiche, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2007.
Baldeschi P., Paesaggio e territorio, Firenze, Le Lettere, 2011;
Sereni E., Storia del paesaggio agrario italiano, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2010.