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| GEOG0213-3 | Urban geography
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 8h Pr, 2d FW |
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| Credits/ECTS : |
| Master in Geographical Sciences, general orientation, in-depth approach, 1st year | | Deuxième quadrimestre | | 5 |
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| Master in Geographical Sciences, general orientation, didactic approach, 1st year | | Deuxième quadrimestre | | 5 |
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| Master in Geographical Sciences, general orientation, specialized approach, 1st year | | Deuxième quadrimestre | | 5 |
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| Master in Geographical Sciences, general orientation | | Deuxième quadrimestre | | 5 |
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| Holder(s) : | Jean‑Marie Halleux |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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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 (in Belgium, Europe and the developing countries);
- 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 "BAC 1" : "Introduction aux sciences géographiques" |
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| Organization : | - 21 hours (7 x 3 hours) = lecturer presentation
- 9 hours (3 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. Mérenne-Schoumaker, cours de géographie urbaine : ouvrage de base, unpublished.
2. B. Mérenne-Schoumaker, lire les territoires d'ici et d'ailleurs (4). Les Villes du Monde, GEO nAAA°51, 2002, 148 p.
3. J.-P. Paulet, Géographie urbaine, A. Colin, Coll. U, Paris, 2005 (2e édition). |
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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 three grids, in relation with three learning processes :
- to master the basic vocabulary in urban geography;
- to realize an original research on an important city;
- to organize and guide a visit in an urban quarter.
50% of the quotation is related with the first part and 50% with the second part. |
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| Contacts : | Enseignant :
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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