Learning outcomes
- Knowledge of the main characteristics of cartographic representations (scale, content, projection).
- Reading the region through cartography
- Understanding the link between human societies and territory.
- Ability to grasp the real meaning of certain expressions that have become clichés (for example environmental sustainability, globalization, migration, borders and boundaries).
Reccomended or required readings
For students who attend the course and for those who do not attend, the preparation of following books is required:
For the first part:
--- E. LAVAGNA and G. LUCARNO, 'Geocartografia. Guida alla lettura delle carte topografiche', Bologna, Zanichelli, 2007, Chapters 1, 3, 4, 5 e 6.
For the second part:
--- A good atlas.
--- Calendario Atlante De Agostini (ed. 2014) (essential for updating data).
---E. H. FOUBERG, A. B. MURPHY and H. J. DE BLIJ, ‘Geografia umana’ it. ed. 2010, Bologna, Zanichelli, Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13.
minimal knowledge of 'Arc GIS online'
https://www.arcgis.com/home/signin.html