Environmental Geography

The course aims to provide student with the basics of the Geography of the Environment. The different processes of development and adaptation triggered by the environmental prerogatives in the distinct regions of the world will be provided by an interdisciplinary approach to the geo-historical and physical geographical research. The course allows the student to develop an interdisciplinary dialogue with other areas of humanistic and scientific culture.

Knowledge and understanding: At the end of the course, the student knows: - the main perspectives of geographical reflection - the fundamental elements for analyzing the relationship between human and environment from a geographical point of view - the basic bibliographic resources in the field of the Geography of the environment

Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: At the end of the course, the student: - can deal with bibliography in geographical field - can apply knowledge in order to face with the wider debate on environmental themes from geographical perspective - can approach general issues by adopting the appropriate methodological skills to discuss the geographical arguments making use of an adequate lexicon