The course wants to provide you indispensable knowledges both on environmental and territorial issues and on local and global challenges where we are called to ask effectively and quickly. To the main themes and problems of human geography will be added knowledge on cartographic representations.

The course is structured in three parts.

The first part is about the development of the discipline through one of its key topics: the landscape.

Going through the second part will be explained issues between the human and the environment (climate changes; safeguarding water, soil and rocks and the biological resources) and human geography (concepts and methods. The world's population relationship with the environment and natural resources; culture and territory).

In the last part we are going to study the tools of geography like the graphic representation, the cartography or the satellite images.

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The student must have the basic knowledge, the methods and the issues of the geographic science also in relation with other disciplines. He must demonstrate to understand concepts and theories provided by the course but also the ability to use this knowledge to reason according to the specific logic of the discipline in subsequent studies. He must be able to think and make personal judgements about geographic themes for their use with teaching or professional application.

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

During the lessons the teacher will provide you with indications and some specific materials (images, graphics, products).

Support lessons, seminars and exercises held by people other than the teacher are scheduled.

Teaching

Lectures and analysis of images, graphic and cartographic and iconographic materials.

Attendance

None

Course books

1.  Lupia Palmieri E., Parotto M., IL globo terrestre e la sua evoluzione, Zanichelli, Bologna. Quanti hanno la V o VI edizione potranno escludere i capp. 1 (Le scienze della Terra), 2 (L'ambiente celeste), 5 (La rappresentazione della superficie terrestre), 11 (La storia della terra). Il testo può essere sostituito con Lupia Palmieri, E., Parotto M., Il globo terrestre e la sua evoluzione, Edizione Blu, Seconda edizione, La terra nello spazio. Geodinamica esogena. Geodinamica esogena. ISBN 978-88-08-32899-1. Quest’ultimo testo sarà studiato integralmente.

2.  Ugolini M., Voci sul paesaggio, EUM, Macerata, 2017

3.  Vallega A., Geografia Umana. Teoria e prassi, Le Monnier, Firenze, 2004

4.  Lavagna E., Lucarno G., Geocartografia. Guida alla lettura delle carte geotopografiche, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2011

Assessment

Oral examination

Evaluation criteria:

-Relevance of the answers in relation to the contents of the program

- Good critical skills;

- Level of articulation of the answers;

- Adequacy of the disciplinary language used.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.

Teaching

Individual study

Attendance

None

Course books

1.  Lupia Palmieri E., Parotto M., IL globo terrestre e la sua evoluzione, Zanichelli, Bologna. Quanti hanno la V o VI edizione potranno escludere i capp. 1 (Le scienze della Terra), 2 (L'ambiente celeste), 5 (La rappresentazione della superficie terrestre), 11 (La storia della terra). Il testo può essere sostituito con Lupia Palmieri, E., Parotto M., Il globo terrestre e la sua evoluzione, Edizione Blu, Seconda edizione, La terra nello spazio. Geodinamica esogena. Geodinamica esogena. ISBN 978-88-08-32899-1. Quest’ultimo testo sarà studiato integralmente.

2.  Ugolini M., Voci sul paesaggio, EUM, Macerata, 2017

3.  Vallega A., Geografia Umana. Teoria e prassi, Le Monnier, Firenze, 2004

4.  Lavagna E., Lucarno G., Geocartografia. Guida alla lettura delle carte geotopografiche, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2011

Assessment

Oral examination

Evaluation criteria:

-Relevance of the answers in relation to the contents of the program

- Good critical skills;

- Level of articulation of the answers;

- Adequacy of the disciplinary language used.

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.