ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

The course aims to provide students with the main conceptual and methodological tools in a geographical and territorial perspective. The objective of the course is to provide knowledge about the spatial and territorial organization of contemporary economy.

1) Knowledge and understanding
To acquire the basic concepts of economic geography and related reference terminology
To understand the main spatial and territorial dimensions of the action of firms and of the main political and economic organizations, both national and international.
To understand the main concepts and tools of territorial action in the field of development policies.

2) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
To acquire the capability to use the basic concepts of economic geography and its language to interpret the evolution of contemporary geo-economic systems
To be able to use territorial action concepts and tools in the field of development policies to analyze current territorial policies in different geographical contexts (cities, regions, states, supranational organizations)

3) Ability to judge
To develop the capability to formulate and argue simple interpretative hypotheses regarding the evolution of possible geo-economic scenarios

4) Communication skills:
The student must be able to synthesize the acquired knowledge in an efficient and coherent way.

Mandatory priority exam:
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http://www.unive.it/pag/203/

The programme for students attending the class and not-attending ones is as follows:

The world system.
Economy and natural environment: Sustainable development and green economy
Migration and population
The agricultural Spaces
Commodities & Energy
The evolution of Industrial Spaces
Transport and Communications
Tourism and regional development
City, urban development, territorial marketing
The economic development policies
Port Cities, seaports, and coastal-maritime industry

For all students, attending and not-attending ones:
- G. Dematteis, C. Lanza, F. Nano, A. Vanolo, Geografia dell'economia mondiale, UTET, ultima edizione.
- Extra materials such as articles and chapters uploaded on Moodle platform during and before the end of the course.

Due to the current covid-19 crisis, it is not possible to provide now exact information on the form of the exam. Further information will follow when possible.
In general, for all students (attending and not-attending ones) the exam consists of a written test, with 3 open questions on the topics of the course. The test lasts 40 minutes and is aimed at verifying the acquisition by students of the basic concepts of economic geography, as well as their ability to contextualise these concepts with respect to the main spatial and territorial dynamics that affect contemporary economies.
Each answer is worth a maximum of 10 points (out of 30).

The course is organized with frontal-lectures. In each lesson the final part is destined for discussion with the students, according to modalities consistent with the number of the class.

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NB: Registration for the exam is managed by the electronic system of the University and not by the teacher. ONLY the students indicated in the list provided by the electronic system can take the exam.

Ca’ Foscari abides by Italian Law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) regarding support services and accommodation available to students with disabilities. This includes students with
mobility, visual, hearing and other disabilities (Law 17/1999), and specific learning impairments (Law 170/2010). If you have a disability or impairment that requires accommodations (i.e., alternate testing, readers, note takers or interpreters) please contact the Disability and Accessibility Offices in Student Services: disabilita@unive.it.

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This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Circular economy, innovation, work" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development