Fundamentals of Earth Sciences

The course aims to: i) introduce to the Earth Sciences, and to the dynamics of planet Earth, from the deep to superficial structure; ii) furnish the skills to read the physical landscape and the processes that modify it, the resulting forms and their evolution over time; iii) present the different geo-resources and their exploitation; iv) introduce to the concepts of danger, vulnerability, environmental risk and to the methods for their quantification.

At the end of the course the students will acquired knowledge on the main geological processes and structures of the Earth, on how to read and interpret the physical landscape and on the processes that modify it, and on the geo-resources and the associated environmental issues. This knowledge will develop skills for the interpretation of environmental risks.