GEOGRAPHY
cod. 12931

Academic year 2012/13
3° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Geografia (M-GGR/01)
Field
Storia, filosofia, psicologia, pedagogia, antropologia e geografia
Type of training activity
Basic
80 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub:
course unit
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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.

Prerequisites

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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.

Full programme

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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.

Teaching methods

lectures

Assessment methods and criteria

written examination

Other information

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