Course description
The presentation is made through slides (in English) with comments also in English, main topics are geography, commodities trading, the seaborne trade, geopolitics
Learning of geography, all navigable waters, including rivers, lakes, canals, straits, the legal status of the sea, disputes, privileges, conflicts, the flow of main commodities, shipping routes, trading, origin and destination.
In depth analysis of main commodities, main shipping routes, possible combinations and triangulations, geographical advantages and disadvantages, evolution of trade.
Presentation with slides, examples of good practices, case study
Part 1) the legal status of the sea, territorial disputes, privileges, boycot, piratery
Part 2) physical geography, oceans, lakes, rivers, tides, straits, canals, waterways, coastal nations, climate
Part 3) commodity trading, the trader's philosophy, the future markets, geopolitics, outlook for main commodites
Part 4) technological evolution, market trends, the custom aspect, international commercial treaties
Slides will be made available on AulaWeb and can be copied, once lesson is concluded
Ricevimento: http://www.economia.unige.it/index.php/il-dipartimento/personale/docenti-ad-economia/641-ennio-palmesino
ENNIO PALMESINO (President)
HILDA GHIARA
19 september 2016 till 9 december 2016
GEOGRAPHY BY TYPE AND CUSTOMS
End-course questionnaire
Attendance
Compulsory
