Study Programmes 2015-2016
| GEOG0222-3 | ||||||||||||||
| Rural geography | ||||||||||||||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th, 30h Pr, 2d FW | ||||||||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| 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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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||||||||||||||
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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, Natura 2000 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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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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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 Monday from 9.15 to 12.15 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 | ||||||||||||||