- Docente: Elisa Magnani
- Credits: 9
- SSD: M-GGR/02
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Asian Languages, Markets and Cultures (cod. 0980)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will know the theories of development, the causes of underdevelopment and the connections between this and the environment, together with sustainable development. Moreover they will understand the strategies of poverty reduction worldwide, promoted by the international bodies, through sustainable development policies and territorial practices realized at the local level, such as tourism and international cooperation.
Course contents
The course will deal with the following issues:
- Introduction to key issues of Geography and developmen
- Development/Underdevelopment
- Theories of development
- Sustainable Development
- Territorial impacts: environment, society, economy
- Local development
Readings/Bibliography
It is requested the study of 3 books: the handbook and 2 more texts chosen among the list at point 2:
- Handbook:
- Choose 2 among the books in the list:
Bianchini F., Cipollari C., Magnani E., Notarangelo C., Esperienze nel continente africano: il turismo come strumento di sviluppo sostenibile locale , Roma, CISU, 2009.
Bravo G., Alle radici dello sviluppo insostenibile: un'analisi degli effetti ambientali di società, istituzioni ed economia, Roma, Aracne, 2009.
Cresti I., Touadi J-L., Il continente verde. L'Africa: cooperazione, ambiente, sviluppo, Milano, Bruno Mondadori, 2011.
Fusco Girard L., Forte B., Città sostenibile e sviluppo umano, Milano, F. Angeli, 2000
Grandi S., Geografia dello sviluppo e della cooperazione internazionale, Rimini, Diapason, 2010.
Greco P., Pollio Salimbeni A., 2003, Lo sviluppo insostenibile. Dal vertice di Rio a quello di Johannesburg, Bruno Mondadori, Milano.
Hettne B., Le teorie dello sviluppo, L'Harmattan, Paris, 1990.
Hettne B., Thinking about development, Zed Books, London and New York, 2009.
Latouche S., Breve trattato sulla decrescita serena, Bollati Boringhieri, Torino, 2008.
Latouche S., Come sopravvivere allo sviluppo, Bollati Boringhieri, Torino, 2005
Sachs W., Ambiente e giustizia sociale. I limiti della globalizzazione, Editori Riuniti, Roma, 2002.
Tiezzi E., Marchettini N., 1999, Che cos'è lo sviluppo sostenibile? Le basi scientifiche della sostenibilità e i guasti del pensiero unico, Donzelli Editore, Roma.
Tisdell C., Biodiversity, conservation and sustainable development, Edward Elgar Pubilishing Limited, UK and USA, 1999.
Vallega A., 1994, Geopolitica e sviluppo sostenibile. Il sistema mondo del secolo XXI, Mursia, Milano.
Wackernagel M., Rees W.E., 2008, L'impronta ecologica: come ridurre l'impatto dell'uomo sulla terra, Edizioni Ambiente, Milano.
It is possible to choose other books in accordance with the lecturer.
For students attending the course, the study of the books will be substituted by different methods of learning which will be explained during the first lesson.
Teaching methods
In presence lessons, supported by the use of power point presentations, available on the website: http://campus.cib.unibo.it.
Students will be invited to share a participative attitude during the lessons, by presenting short researches to be done either individually or in small groups, and by participative methodologies such as games.
Lessons schedule:
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 13:45-15:15.
All the lessons are held in the classroom of Geography, via Guerrazzi 20, Bologna, tel. 051 2097451
Assessment methods
The examination is an oral one for which students will have to register for on the AlmaEsami website.
Students attending the lessons will have a reduction in the amount of pages to study.
Teaching tools
The PowerPoint material used by the lecturer will be published on the website: http://campus.cib.unibo.it
Office hours
See the website of Elisa Magnani