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| GEOG0222-3 | Rural Geography
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 16h Pr, 3d FW |
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| Master in Geographical Sciences, general orientation, in-depth approach, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master in Geographical Sciences, general orientation, didactic approach, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences géographiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en développement territorial et géomatique, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master in Geographical Sciences, general orientation, specialized approach, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences géographiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en géomorphologie, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master in Geographical Sciences, general orientation | | 5 |
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| Lecturer : | Serge Schmitz |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| 1) Rural Geography, agriculture, sustainable rural developement, rural utopia
2) Rural landscape analysis. From the landscape features to the rural system
Rural housing and settlement, Land morphology, cultivation system, Diversity of rural landscape features in Europe and in the World
3) Belgian countryside
a) Retroacts
b) Town and countryside interconnections
c) Rural development
d) Belgian Agriculture (Regional diversity and mains challenges, CAP)
4) The forest
a) Production and transformation of wood
b) Multifunctional forest
5) Exotic agriculture
a) French viticulture
b) Agriculture in Africa or in Central America
6) Nature conservation
National and regional parks, protected areas, ecological network
7) Rural tourism |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| 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) Making a Poster presentation
6) Discrible, Analyse and Explain spatial distribution |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| - Notions of statistics, data bases, biology, pedology, economy and regional geography
- Elementary geographical vocabulary
- Map and satelite image interpretation
Good physical condition (field works) |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Lectures, Readings, Discussion, Role playing games, Interviews, Map analysis, Data analysis, Fieldworks and Poster presentation. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| This lecture will be given on Wednesday from 9 to12 during the first quarter. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Schmitz S., 2008. Géographie rurale, Liège : Université de Liège, Facultés des sciences, 80p.
Van Hecke E., Antrop M., Schmitz S., 2010. Agriculture et Monde rural, Atlas de Belgique, tome 2, Gent : Academia Press, 82p. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Exercises and Field works (2/5);
Oral exams (3/5). |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| 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
Charline Dubois (Assistante), 04/3665552
Charline.dubois@ulg.ac.be
Secrétariat : Chantal SARTO : Phone. : 04/366 56.23 |
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