Teresa AMODIO | Geography
Teresa AMODIO Geography
cod. 4312200016
GEOGRAPHY
| 4312200016 | |
| DEPARTMENT OF HUMANISTIC STUDIES | |
| FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES | |
| 2014/2015 |
| OBBLIGATORIO | |
| YEAR OF COURSE 1 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2009 | |
| SECONDO SEMESTRE |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M-GGR/01 | 6 | 42 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS COURSE IS TO PROVIDE TOOLS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THE CULTURAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC SCENARIOS OF EUROPE IN ORDER TO BROADEN STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE OF GEOGRAPHY’S MAPPING OF “REALITY” AS WELL AS THE MECHANISMS THAT REGULATE IT. THE AIM IS TO PROMOTE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE TERRITORIAL “HEART” OF EUROPE, SO AS TO ALLOW THE LINKING OF “HORIZONTAL RELATIONS”, WHICH GIVE SUBSTANCE TO SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE REGIONS AND THE COUNTRIES OF EUROPE, AND “VERTICAL RELATIONS”, WHICH LINK THE DIFFERENT TERRITORIAL REALITIES TO HISTORY, CULTURE AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. IN ADDITION, THROUGH THE CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF SPECIFIC TEXTS, IN-DEPTH STUDY WILL BE CARRIED OUT ON ISSUES RELEVANT TO THE MOST RECENT GEO-POLITICAL DYNAMICS TAKING PLACE ON THE EUROPEAN STAGE |
| Prerequisites | |
|---|---|
| GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF ITALIAN; BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF EUROPEAN AND NON-EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY |
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| THE COURSE INVOLVES THE CARRYING OUT OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: - TOOLS FOR GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS (THEMATIC MAPS AND TECHNIQUES, STATISTICAL DATA AND GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS AND MAPPING); - THE EUROPEAN SPACE IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT; - ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND ISSUES RELATED TO THE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL AREAS; - THE PROCESSES OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND RECENT GEOPOLITICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; - THE SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC AND TERRITORIAL IMPLICATIONS RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULATION; - NETWORKS OF EUROPEAN CITIES AND URBANIZATION; - THE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE AND THE MAIN TRENDS OF THE SECTORS AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY AND SERVICE SECTOR, WITH REFERENCE TO THE MAIN EUROPEAN POLICIES ADOPTED FOR THE DIFFERENT SECTORS; - TERRITORIAL IMBALANCES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION; - COHESION POLICY AND THE STRUCTURAL FUNDS; - THEMATIC ANALYSIS ON CURRENT EVENTS AND THE MOST RECENT GEOPOLITICAL EVENTS IN EUROPE. |
| Teaching Methods | |
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| THE COURSE INCLUDES THE DEVELOPMENT OF: - LECTURES (SUPPORTED BY THE USE OF DOCUMENTARY TOOLS, MAPS, GRAPHICS AND PHOTOGRAPHS) WITH THE GENERAL AIM AND TO THE TOPICS COVERED BY THE COURSE; - EXERCISES, GROUP WORK AND RESEARCH FOR THE STUDY OF THE TOPICS COVERED; - SEMINARS INVOLVING TOPICAL CASE RELATED TO THE ISSUES COVERED. |
| Verification of learning | |
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| ORAL EXAM |
| Texts | |
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| RIITANO M., IL SISTEMA TERRITORIALE EUROPEO NEL CONTESTO GLOBALE: SCENARI ATTUALI E PROSPETTIVE DI SVILUPPO, NAPOLI, ESI (IN CORSO DI PUBBLICAZIONE) |
| More Information | |
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| DURING THE COURSE, COURSE MATERIAL WILL BE DISTRIBUTED. IT 'MUST USE AN ATLAS TO DATE. |
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