Aptitudes for individual and group working. Capability of using personal observation. Use of online maps and atlas.

The course aims at providing principles of geographical theory and tools for understanding landscape and environment reality at global, regional and local scales. Focus is put on political agreements on sustainable development, and sustainable tourism. Students will acquire knowledge and skills for promoting tourist destinations through culture, landscape identities and environmental qualities.

Concepts and definitions of landscape and environment;
Nature and humankind;
Geography of socioeconomic development;
Causes of environmental degradation and necessity of protection;
International Agreements on Sustainability and Sustainable Tourism, Global and Local;
Regional landscapes: Europe, Italy, other Places of coming students;
Tourist Regions and Tourism destinations;
Representation of tourist spaces and places.

• 1.  (C) Edited by Nicholas Clifford, Shaun French and Gill Valentine Key Methods in Geography Sage, London, 2010 » Pagine/Capitoli: pages 1-48
• 2.  (C) Edited by Derek Gregory, Ron Johnston, Geraldine Pratt, Michael J.Watts and Sarah Whatmore The Dictionary of Human Geography Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK, 2009 » Pagine/Capitoli: dictionary entries: Ecology (p. 175), Landscape (p. 409), Place (p. 539); Space (p. 707)

Online Accessible Resources

WTO, World Tourism Organization: http://www2.unwto.org/en

Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future: http://www.un-documents.net/our-common-future.pdf

Rio Conference, Agenda 21: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/Agenda21.pdf

Lanzarote Charter for Sustainable Tourism: http://www.e-unwto.org/doi/pdf/10.18111/unwtodeclarations.1995.21.13.1

• - Frontal Lessons;
  - Small and Medium Group Work and Exercises;
  - Audio-video Attendance;
  - Performing of a Case Study on Landscape and Environment;
  - Featuring of a Presentation on an Argument of Tourism and Sustainable Tourism

• Two in itinere tests. A not structured test (writing a report on a Case Study). An
  individual or per group presentation (using a PPT) of a Case Study. The grade per
  each test will contribute to the final mark, which is the average of partial results. The
  Final Oral Test is reserved to the students who didn't receive a sufficient grade
  in the in itinere tests or missed one of them.

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