Population, Mobility and Development

Recommended Prerequisites

Knowledge about this scientific area acquired during a 1st cycle course.

Teaching Methods

- In the first classes, lectures and discussion by students;

- Analysis and discussion of texts about the syllabus topics, and presentation of a critical review.

Learning Outcomes

- To acquire the fundamental tools for the interpretation and analysis of the contexts and processes of

population mobility and development;

- To acquire the fundamental tools to understand and interpret the new forms of mobility, in which

tourism and leisure play an important role;

- To understand the different scales of migration flows, especially in what concerns tourism and leisure;

- To identify the role played by territories in this kind of mobility;

- To understand how the development of new forms of mobility, connected with the regions of emerging

economies, can influence leisure/tourist flows.

Skills

- Ability to analyze and reflect on the evolution and consolidation of new models of mobility, especially

connected to development;

- Ability to establish relations between territories and new forms of mobility (ecomigration, residential tourism, etc);

- Ability to understand the relations between these new forms of mobility and local/regional development.

 

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Introduction to the processes of spatial mobility of populations.

1.1. Major migration theories and historical/ territorial context.

2. The 20^th century and change in migration paradigms.

2.1. The role of Europe in the global context.

2.2. The Portuguese case.

3. Tourist flows and new forms of mobility.

3.1. The geography of tourism.

3.2. The importance of scale.

4. The construction of new migration territories.

4.1. The importance of the environment and quality of life.

4.2. The role of culture(s).

4.3 The future.

Head Lecturer(s)

Paulo Nuno Maia de Sousa Nossa

Assessment Methods

Assessment
In accordance with the Rules of Assessment of the Faculty of Arts for Master’s programs (Regulamento de Avaliação de Conhecimentos do 2º ciclo).: 100.0%

Bibliography

ARANGO, J. (2004), “Theories of international migration”, in Joly, D. (ed.), International Migration in the New Millennium. Global Movement and Settlement. Ashgate, 15-120.

BLANCO, C. (2000), Las migraciones contemporáneas. Alianza Ed., Madrid.

Comissão Mundial sobre as Migrações Internacionais (2005), As migrações num mundo interligado: novas linhas de acção. RCMMI, FCG, Lisboa.

FIGUEIREDO, J. (2008), Fluxos migratórios e cooperação para o desenvolvimento – realidades compatíveis no contexto Europeu? Tese de mestrado, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa.

GOMES, R.M. (2007), Olhares sobre o lazer. Coimbra: CEB.

SAMPER, C. e SEGUI, A. (2009), ”Cambio de residencia desde las zonas litorales hacia los municipios rurales de la montaña de Alicante. Motivaciones y condiciones de vida de la población jubilada europea”, em Envejecimiento, Despopulation y Territorio. ULeon,137-148.

SANTOS, N. e GAMA, A. (org) (2008), Lazer. Da libertação do tempo livre à conquista das práticas. IUC.