Scienze Politiche e delle Relazioni Internazionali | POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

cod. 1212100066

POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

	1212100066
	DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE POLITICHE, SOCIALI E DELLA COMUNICAZIONE

	POLITICAL AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SCIENCE
	2014/2015

CURRICULUM RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI

	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2008
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	M-GGR/02	5	40	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	THIS COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH CONCEPTS AND TOOLS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE COMPLEX MOSAIC THAT COMPOSES THE CURRENT ORGANIZATION OF THE TERRITORY. PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE GIVEN TO THE STRONG INTERDEPENDENCIES GEO-ECONOMIC AND GEO-POLITICAL ESTABLISHED BETWEEN COUNTRIES AND REGIONS OF THE WORLD, FROM WHICH IMPORTANT PROCESSES OF INTEGRATION BUT ALSO STRIKING DIFFERENCES IN LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT. STUDENTS WILL KNOW THE TOOLS OF GEOGRAPHY TO INTERPRET AND CRITICALLY UNDERSTAND THE GEO-ECONOMIC EVENTS. THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE THE ABILITY TO ILLUSTRATED WITH PROPERTIES OF LANGUAGE AND EXTENSIVE EXAMPLES, THE THEORETICAL PROBLEMS OF THE DISCIPLINE AND THE ABILITY TO CONNECT GEOGRAPHICAL COMPETENCES ACQUIRED WITH THE SKILLS LEARNED IN OTHER DISCIPLINES

THIS COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH CONCEPTS AND TOOLS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE COMPLEX MOSAIC THAT COMPOSES THE CURRENT ORGANIZATION OF THE TERRITORY. PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE GIVEN TO THE STRONG INTERDEPENDENCIES GEO-ECONOMIC AND GEO-POLITICAL ESTABLISHED BETWEEN COUNTRIES AND REGIONS OF THE WORLD, FROM WHICH IMPORTANT PROCESSES OF INTEGRATION BUT ALSO STRIKING DIFFERENCES IN LEVELS OF DEVELOPMENT.
STUDENTS WILL KNOW THE TOOLS OF GEOGRAPHY TO INTERPRET AND CRITICALLY UNDERSTAND THE GEO-ECONOMIC EVENTS.
THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE THE ABILITY TO ILLUSTRATED WITH PROPERTIES OF LANGUAGE AND EXTENSIVE EXAMPLES, THE THEORETICAL PROBLEMS OF THE DISCIPLINE AND THE ABILITY TO CONNECT GEOGRAPHICAL COMPETENCES ACQUIRED WITH THE SKILLS LEARNED IN OTHER DISCIPLINES

	Prerequisites
	NO ONE

	Contents
	OBJECTIVES AND METHODS OF GEOGRAPHY. KEY CONCEPTS OF THE DISCIPLINE. THE EVOLUTION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PARADIGM. TERRITORY AND POPULATION. THE TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL SPACES. SPATIAL LOGICS AND EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY. TERTIARY SECTOR AND TERRITORY. THE URBAN QUESTION. THE ECONOMIC AND TERRITORIAL DISPARITIES AND THE ELEMENTS OF THE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF THE TERRITORIES.

Contents

OBJECTIVES AND METHODS OF GEOGRAPHY. KEY CONCEPTS OF THE DISCIPLINE. THE EVOLUTION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PARADIGM. TERRITORY AND POPULATION. THE TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL SPACES. SPATIAL LOGICS AND EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY. TERTIARY SECTOR AND TERRITORY. THE URBAN QUESTION. THE ECONOMIC AND TERRITORIAL DISPARITIES AND THE ELEMENTS OF THE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF THE TERRITORIES.

	Teaching Methods
	THE COURSE CONSISTS OF 40 HOURS OF FRONTAL LESSONS. THE TEACHER'S EXPOSURE WILL BE SUPPORTED BY SLIDES.

	Verification of learning
	THE EVALUATION WILL TAKE PLACE THROUGH A FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION.

	Texts
	ATTENDING STUDENTS: MORELLI P., GEOGRAFIA ECONOMICA, MC GRAW-HILL, 2010 DISPENSE INTEGRATIVE E MATERIALE DIDATTICO DISTRIBUITI DAL DOCENTE. NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS: S. CONTI, G. DEMATTEIS, C. LANZA, F. NANO, GEOGRAFIA DELL’ECONOMIA MONDIALE, TORINO, UTET LIBRERIA (ULTIMA EDIZIONE) VANOLO, GEOGRAFIA ECONOMICA DEL SISTEMA MONDO, TORINO, UTET, 2008. ATTENDING STUDENTS ARE THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE IN AT LEAST 70% OF THE LESSONS AND TAKE THE EXAM IN THE SUMMER SESSION

Texts

ATTENDING STUDENTS*:
MORELLI P., GEOGRAFIA ECONOMICA, MC GRAW-HILL, 2010
DISPENSE INTEGRATIVE E MATERIALE DIDATTICO DISTRIBUITI DAL DOCENTE.

NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS:
S. CONTI, G. DEMATTEIS, C. LANZA, F. NANO, GEOGRAFIA DELL’ECONOMIA MONDIALE, TORINO, UTET LIBRERIA (ULTIMA EDIZIONE)
VANOLO, GEOGRAFIA ECONOMICA DEL SISTEMA MONDO, TORINO, UTET, 2008.

*ATTENDING STUDENTS ARE THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE IN AT LEAST 70% OF THE LESSONS AND TAKE THE EXAM IN THE SUMMER SESSION

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