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| GEOG0213-3 | Urban geography | |||||
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 8h Pr, 2d FW | |||||
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| Holder(s) : | Jean‑Marie Halleux | |||||
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| Course contents : | The course integrates theory and practice in a general approach where each student is directly concerned with both, worshops, projects and fieldworks. The following issues are more deeply treated: - the vocabulary of urban geography; - the major research themes; - the influence of cities in the organisation of territories; - urban models; - spatial and morphological structures of urban districts. | |||||
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| Course objective : | The major objective of the course is to provide the theoretical background in the field of urban geography and to learn - with different exercises - how to analyse and study urban territories. | |||||
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| Prerequisites : | Course of "Candidature" : "Introduction aux sciences géographiques" | |||||
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| Organization : | - 15 hours (5 x 3 hours) = lecturer presentation on: 1. Urban networks and urban polarities; 2. How to read the cities of the world - 15 hours (5 x 3 hours) = exchange and methodological seminars, presentation on the basis of personal works. - 8 hours of worshops in order to prepare the seminars, the presentations and the fieldworks. - 2 days of fieldworks prepared by the students about the Liège districts. | |||||
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| Written notes : | 1. B. Merenne-Schoumaker, cours de geographie urbaine: ouvrage de base, 2004, 250 p., inedit. 2. B. Merenne-Schoumaker, lire les territoires d'ici et d'ailleurs (4). Les Villes du Monde, GEO nAAA°51, 2002, 148 p. 3. J.-P. Paulet, Geographie urbaine, A. Colin, Coll. U, Paris, 2000, 315 p. | |||||
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| Assessment : | The first part of the work is evaluated with an oral exam while the second is co-evaluated on the basis of four grids, in relation with four learning processes : - to master the basic vocabulary in urban geography; - to summarize a scientific article; - to realize an original research on an important city; - to organize and guide a visit in an urban quarter. 30% of the quotation is related with the first part and 70% with the second part. | |||||
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| Contacts : | Enseignant : B. Mérenne-Schoumaker, P.O., Institut de Géographie, Sart Tilman, B11 4000 Liège - tél. : 04/366 53 24 - fax : 04/366 56 30 e-mail : B.Merenne@ulg.ac.be Assistant : J.-M. Halleux, Institut de Géographie, Sart Tilman, B11 - 4000 Liège tél. : 04/366 53 27 - fax : 04/366 56 30 e-mail : Jean-Marie.Halleux@ulg.ac.be Secrétaire : C. Sarto, Institut de Géographie, Sart Tilman, B11 - 4000 Liège tél. : 04/366 56 23 - fax : 04/366 56 30 e-mail : C.Sarto@ulg.ac.be | |||||
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ULg : Students and Studies Administration - Academic Affairs
Contact : Monique Marcourt, direction A.E.E.
Date of data : 27/02/2006
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