- Docente: Marzia Marchi
- Credits: 6
- SSD: M-GGR/02
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Geography and Territorial Processes (cod. 0971)
Learning outcomes
The course provides the main theoretical reference for the analysis of geo-economic space and its transformations in the context of globalization. At the end of the course the student will know and be able to analyze, at different geographical scales, relationships between economic decisions and the effects on land management.
Course contents
Economic relations in the contemporary world
- Economic Geography as important field of Human geography
-Different sectors of economic activity: agricultur, industry, services, and their patterns of localisation
-Geography and Development.
-Economic globalization: processes and spaces.
- Economic Changes in Europe and in developed countries.
- New Emerging countries: Cina, India , Brasile.
-Global economy and geopolitics of a multipolar world: rescaling of power decisions ( at local, national, international and supranational level).
-Growing importance of cities and regions.-New economic relations between developing countries.
Readings/Bibliography
Students who do not attend to the lessons must study:
1- One Manual chosen between the followings:
- G.Dematteis, C. Lanza, F. Nano,A. Vanolo, Geografia dell'economia mondiale, UTET, Torino 2010
-E. Bignante, F. Celata, A. Vanolo, Geografie dello sviluppo. Una prospettiva critica e globale, UTET, Torino, 2014
2-One book chosen between the followings:
-Calchi Novati G.P. ( a cura di), L'alternativa Sud-Sud, chi perde e chi vince: economia, politica, modelli culturali, Carocci, Roma 2011( limitatamente alle pp. 1-138 e 227-237).
-Calabrò A., Calabrò C.,Bandeirantes: il Brasile alla conquista dell'economia mondiale, Laterza, Roma-Bari, 2011
- Cucino D, Tra poco la Cina. Gli equilibri del mondo prossimo venturo, Bollati Boringhieri, Torino 2012
- A. Rondinone, India: una geografia politica, Carocci, Roma, 2008 + A. Rondinone, Donne mancanti, un'analisi geografica del disequilibrio di genere in India, Firenze Univ. Press, Firenze, 2003 .
3-The articles:
-M. Marchi, Geografie dell’Emilia Romagna nel Novecento, (Preprint), in AMSACTA , UNIBO, 2016,unibo/amsacta/5170, pp.1-53.( on line).
-M.Marchi, Geografie del cibo in Emilia Romagna. Culture alimentari e prodotti tipici, «RI-VISTA. RICERCHE PER LA PROGETTAZIONE DEL PAESAGGIO», 2015, n.2/2015 ( on line), pp. 42 - 59.
-M.Marchi, Declino e rigenerazione urbana in Europa: i casi di Glasgow e Lipsia, in Dini F. e Randelli F. ( a cura di), Oltre la globalizzazione: le proposte della geografia economica, Firenze University Press, Firenze 2012, (on line), pp.315-326.
-M.Marchi, Cina e Asia sud-orientale: relazioni economiche e geopolitiche, in: Le categorie geografiche di Giorgio Spinelli. Ambiente, Energia, Geopolitica, Turismo., Bologna, PATRON EDITORE, 2014, pp. 429 - 441.
The first article is downloaded in www,unibo/amsacta/5170, while the others are included in the course materials.
Attending students (present at least in 2/3 of the lessons) can study only the chapters of the Manual developed in the lessons, a list of which will provided by prof. Marchi at the end of the course. In addition, intead of study second volume ( point.2), they can organize oral presentations on some topics in the program, in agreement with the teacher, and useful for evaluation purposes.
Teaching methods
Maps, images and geographical models will help the lectures
Assessment methods
An oral examination on the materials provided for attending and non attending students, as specified above.
It will assess the knowledge and the ability to present, whit the appropriate language, the general aspects of the various issues and the necessary specifications, whit examples, for present the nature of the issues and their complexity.
Particularly accurate and brilliant knowledge and exposures will match the highest standards of excellence.Some lacks of knowledge, with a language that is not completely appropriate, will match between the discret and the sufficient. Finally, serious deficiencies in content, lack of understanding of the main aspects of the course and inappropriate form of presentation, will lead to insufficient.
Teaching tools
Office hours
See the website of Marzia Marchi