New Perspectives in Human Geography

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Face-to-face classes promoting critical discussion through the exchange of ideas, with the organization of conferences and the presentation of specific cases and situations.

The attempt to value self and hetero criticism by means of the assessment of fundamental and innovative subject matters in the scientific field of Human Geography.

The evaluation will be carried out through the writing, presentation and discussion of an individual scientific paper.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the semester students must:

a) Be able to critically discuss current issues in Human Geography;

b) Explore in an innovative way the concepts of themes associated with current trends in (i) transformation of territories; (ii) local and global vulnerabilities; (iii) the structural relevance of population dynamics; (iv) territorial conflicts and spatial justice; (v) territorial innovation and socio-economic development policies.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Demographic aging and generational substitution: impacts on low-density territories on access to goods and services

2. Place conditions: local/global vulnerabilities and the spread of new and old epidemics

3. Climate change and the potential impact on the epidemiological profile of populations: waterborne diseases and pathologies associated with extreme temperatures

4. Neoliberalism in the management and production of territories

5. Convergence and economic development policies

6. Knowledge and innovation and territorial development policies

7. Territorial conflicts and local geopolitics

8. Walls, boundaries and spatial fragmentation

9. Migrations, transnationalisms

10. Vulnerable Territorialities and Social Justice (socio-spatial).

Head Lecturer(s)

Ana Paula Santana Rodrigues

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Research work: 100.0%

Bibliography

Clark, G. L. Feldman, M. P. Gertler, M. S. & Wójcik, D. (Ed.) (2018). The New Oxford Handbook of Economic Geography. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Hannigan, J., & Richards, G. (Eds.). (2017). The SAGE handbook of New Urban Studies. London: Sage.

Santana, P., Almendra, R., Pilot, E., Doreleijers, S., & Krafft, T. (2021). Environmental Inequalities in Global Health. In Handbook of Global Health (pp. 1–19). Springer

Staszak, J.-F. (2017). Frontières en tous genres. Cloisonnement spatial et constructions identitaires. Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes.

Subra. P. (2016). Géopolitique locale - Territoires, acteurs, conflits. Paris: Armand Colin.

Yigitcanlar, T. & Inkinen, T. (2019). Geographies of Disruption. Place Making for Innovation in the Age of Knowledge Economy. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.