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| GEOG0222-3 | Rural Geography | |||||
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 16h Pr, 3d FW | |||||
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| Holder(s) : | Serge Schmitz | |||||
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| Course contents : | 1) Rural landscape analysis. From the landscape features to the rural system a) rural housing and settlement b) land morphology (parcel and land consolidation) c) cultivation system d) diversity of rural landscape features in Europe and in the World 2) Belgian countryside a) Retroacts b) Town and countryside interconnections 3) The forest a) Production and transformation of wood b) Multifunctional forest 4) Belgian Farming a) Regional diversity and mains challenges b) CAP 5) Exotic farming a) Eastern European peasantry b) French viticulture c) Agriculture in Africa 6) Nature conservation a) National and regional parks, protected areas, ecological network 7) Rural development a) Local development b) Rural tourism c) Sustainable development d) European rural development policy 8) Physical planning a) Regional and local tools | |||||
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| Course objective : | 1) Familiarizing the student with the countryside and its recent evolutions 2) Connecting the biophysical features, the land property and the land use in rural analysis 3) Articulating the local and regional constrains with the international constrains 4) Using different kinds of sources and methods (cartography, statistical data, interviews, remote sensing,etc) 5) Realising a local diagnostic, including the proposition of ways of development for a rural areas. | |||||
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| Prerequisites : | Notion of statistics, biology, pedology and economy Elementary geographical vocabulary Map interpretation Good physical condition (field works) | |||||
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| Organization : | Lectures on Monday (1.30 pm-5 pm) during the first quarter (Institute of geography B11). Field works during 3 days in March-April | |||||
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| Written notes : | Schmitz S., 2002. Géographie rurale, Liège : Université de Liège, Facultés des sciences, 80 p. Ouvrages de références : - Ch. Christians. - Les campagnes - in J. Denis - Géographie de la Belgique, Crédit communal de Belgique, 1992, p. 483-536. - F. Lebeau - Les grands types de structures agraires dans le monde. Masson, 5e éd., 1991. - J.-H. Schirmer, S. Schmitz, G. Schirmer-Nejfeld - Agricultures du monde. Bulletin de la Société géographique de Liège, vol. 33, 1997. - S. Schmitz - Développement rural durable en Europe. Bulletin de la Société géographique de Liège, vol. 41, 2001. - S. Schmitz, -Walloon Region: An agro-forestry landscape without farmers?", Dela, 2002, 17: 174-182. - E. Van Hecke - L'agriculture - in J. Denis - Géographie de la Belgique, Crédit communal de Belgique, 1992, p. 331-355 | |||||
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| Assessment : | Exercises and Field works (1/3) Oral exams (2/3) | |||||
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| Contacts : | Serge Schmitz Université de Liège - Institut de Géographie - Sart Tilman - Bât. B11 - Bureau 1/21 Phone. : 04/366.56.29 - Fax : 04/366 57 70 - E-mail : S.Schmitz@ulg.ac.be Secrétariat : Chantal SARTO : Phone. : 04/366 56.23 | |||||
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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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