Teaching code

4S003629

Teacher

Lucia Masotti

Coordinator

Lucia Masotti

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-GGR/02 - ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY

Period

2° periodo lezioni - GEM (aprile/maggio), 2° periodo lezioni - GEM (febbraio/aprile)

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning outcomes

The course will provide the concepts and methods which are necessary for the understanding of space articulation, of the processes of territorialization that organize it and of the cultural landscapes that dwell on it, with special emphasis on risk perception and risk evaluation, and on the possible re-sponses to states of emergency.

Program

Space and place are active operators underlying all territorial processes; they are assumed and implied in the generation of responses, both by individuals and by communities, to natural, anthropic and economic events.
The course will provide the concepts and methods which are necessary for the understanding of space articulation, of the processes of territorialization that organize it and of the cultural landscapes that dwell on it, with special emphasis on risk perception and risk evaluation, and on the possible responses to states of emergency.
Diverse case studies will be shown, if necessary with the aid of experts.

DIDACTICAL TOOLS
Lectures and seminars
Meetings with experts
On-site tours (which may be replaced by short texts for those unable to participate)
Non-attenders may ask to participate in specific site tours or meetings with experts.

BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR NON-ATTENDING STUDENTS (for attending students, texts will be recommended during lessons)
1. ITALIAN LANGUAGE TEXTS

E. Dell’Agnese (a cura di), Geo-grafia : strumenti e parole, Milano, UNICOPLI, 2009
S. Pinna, Geografia dei rischi naturali, Ariccia (Roma), Aracne, 2014, pp. 11-14; 24-35; 157-172; 184-201.
I. Alcàntara-Ayala, Time in a Bottle: challenges to disaters studies in Latin America and the Carribean, in “Disaster”, Volume 43, Issue S1, Special Issue: The Future of Disasters Studies, pp. 18-27
J. C. Gaillard, Disaster studies inside out, in “Disaster”, Volume 43, Issue S1
Special Issue: The Future of Disasters Studies, pp. 28-35
Ian Davis, Reflections on 40 years of Disasters, 1977–2017, ”, Volume 43, Issue S1
Special Issue: The Future of Disasters Studies, pp. 61-82

BASIC CAPACITIES
Whoever does not feel he/she masters the basic concepts of geography may examine, for the topics of interest, the following manuals, or may also ask the professor:
E. Turri, Il paesaggio degli uomini, Bologna, Zanichelli, 2004
J.D. Fellmann, A. Getis, J. Getis, Geografia umana, Milano, McGraw-Ill, 2007

Bibliography

Examination Methods

Learning outcomes control: oral exam
Goals of the examination

The oral test consists of a discussion aimed at verifying:
- the knowledge of the exam program topics
- the depth and breadth of the acquired knowledge;
- the property of language;
- the ability to connect systematically knowledge;
- analytical and argumentative ability
- the ability to apply logic to the various proposed issues.

The final evaluation is expressed in thirtieth.
ERASMUS students are requested to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course to agree on the teaching and examination methods together.