Learning outcomes

The course deepens territorial analysis tools.

It aims to develop the skills in :

  • Spatial structuring of rural and urban areas, i.e. the ability to address the question "where”?
    • expand their understanding of rural and urban landscapes
    • increase mastery of tools for structuring rural and urban areas
  • Interpretation of rural and urban spatial structures, i.e. the ability to address the question "why there”?
    • develop the ability to identify the interrelationships underlying rural and urban spatial structures, in particular through the systematic change of scale
    • develop the ability to identify the dynamics that structure territories by looking at them retrospectively

In addition, the course is also designed to raise awareness to the didactics of geography.


 

 

Goals

Skills developed during this course:

Disciplinary skills

#1. Territorial analysis: advanced level

#2. Territorial issues: beginner level

#3. Concepts and theories in geography : beginner level

#5. Scientific approach in geography: intermediate level

 

Cross-disciplinary skills

#7. Autonomy: beginner level

#8. Oral communication: advanced level


 

 

Content

Reading and interpreting rural and urban landscapes across continents, cultures and contexts, with a view to sustainable development and planning. Formulation of benchmarks. Ability to develop a comparative approach.

1. Rural territories

  • Identification of territorial structures
  • Interpretation of territorial structures
    • vertical relationships
    • horizontal relationships: interlocking scales

 

2. Urban territories

  • The European metropolis
    • Structure
    • Functions and dynamics
  • Southern metropolises

 

 

Assessment method

The examination will focus on the student's ability to apply the knowledge acquired during the course: the structures and dynamics of rural areas in Europe, Africa and monsoon Asia and urban areas in Europe and Africa.

The test consists of a presentation and interpretation of the spatial structure of one of the areas covered in the course (several possible approaches, see sheet distributed in class). The work will be presented in the form of a slide show of around ten slides, which will be commented on orally. This is an individual oral test but can be prepared collectively.

 

Sources, references and any support material

J.-L. CHALEARD et J.-P. CHARVET, Géographie agricole et rurale, Paris, Belin, 2004

J.-P. DIRY, Les espaces ruraux, Paris, Armand Colin, 2008

J.-C. BOYER, Les villes européennes, Paris, Hachette, 2003

R. LE GOIX, Villes et mondialisation : le défi majeur du XXIe siècle, Paris, Ellipses, 2005

M. MAZOYER et L. ROUDART : Histoire des agricultures du monde. Du néolithique à la crise contemporaine, Paris, Editions du Seuil, 2002

 

Language of instruction

Français