The geography of landscape and environment aims to implement basic knowledge, understanding of the main tools and approaches of geographical analysis to landscape. Intense landscape both as an object of research and as a heritage to be preserved and enhanced also from the point of view of sustainable tourism. Landscape and environment are two important elements of the attractiveness of a tourist destination.
The aim of the course is to provide students with a basic understanding of the concepts of territory, landscape and environment through a systemic approach where they play a key role: the territory, with its historical, cultural, environmental resources as well as with Its networks of subjects and businesses; Territoriality, that is, the collective response of the local level based on the interaction between subjects and places and the dynamic relationship between social components and what of material and immaterial is precisely the territory; Social and environmental qualities as central elements of new territorial equilibria; The territorial sustainability of development, that is, the ability to reproduce the territorial capital and to preserve its identity.
The course has as its main objectives: the understanding of the territory for a sustainable tourist enhancement and the landscape as a resource, providing methods of knowledge and analysis of the landscape itself. The course consists of two parts, one dedicated to theory and methodological content and the other dedicated to case studies in the field of tourism policies.
The learning outcomes will enable the student to develop knowledge and skills suitable to use the main geographical methods and tools for critical local and global understanding of tourism phenomena.
It is recommended that you have already passed the Geography of tourism: new tourism for new markets exam planned for the first year.
Teaching modes
Head-on lessons, case studies, activities/conventions, testimonies, seminars, exercises, (held during the lesson period)
Sitting on Aualweb: Yes
Part I: Themes taken into consideration during the Course will cover both characters and evolution of landscapes and developments in the concept of landscape itself (natural, humanised, sensitive, rational): in particular, the interrelations between the various elements of the territorial system will be highlighted, starting obviously with the concepts of the environment and the ecosystem and the relationship between Man and the environment.
Part II: In particular, the relationship between tourism and the territory will be examined in depth, analysing the "life cycle" of tourist resorts, and then examining the most innovative and sustainable tools for planning tourism policies, from STL to tourist districts, and particular types of accommodation, such as diffuse hotels.Particular attention will be paid to new sustainable tourism types.
For attending students:
1. Amoretti G., Varani N. Psicologia e geografia del turismo. Dai motivi del turista all’elaborazione dell’offerta,
2. Angelini A,. Giurradino A.,Risorse culturali, ambientali e turismo sostenibile, F. Angeli, Milano, 2019 (ONLY AS READING TEXT)
3) Written exercise on one of the themes proposed for the lesson (maximum length of 5 pages) to be prepared and handed over before the end of the lessons.
Additional articles and materials may be made available on the website of the Aulaweb course
For non attending students:
1. Amoretti G., Varani N. Psicologia e geografia del turismo. Dai motivi del turista all’elaborazione dell’offerta, McGraw-Hill, Milano, in corso di stampa [parte II e parte III]
2. Angelini A,. Giurradino A.,Risorse culturali, ambientali e turismo sostenibile, F. Angeli, Milano, 2019
3. In addition, a critical reading with a brief written re-working of one of the texts recommended below is envisaged
Mercatanti L., Percorsi di geografia tra cultura, società e turismo, Pàtron, Bologna, 2011
Lozato-Giotart G.P, Geografia del turismo, Hoepli, Milano, 2008
Ricevimento: From 13 September 2020 to end February 2021 : Wednesday from 14.30 to 15.30 - Plan 2 Body A - Direction Corso A. Podestá 2 - Genoa. From 1 March 2020 by appointment Only for students of the POLO of Imperia: From 8 March 2021 to 10 May 2021 : Monday at 16-17 - Polo Universitario Imperia Only for students of CAMPUS Savona: From March 10 to May 12, 2020: Wednesday at 12.00 - 13.00 - Campus of Savona. For any problem concerning the teaching you can still communicate with the teacher by email: varani@unige.it or by calling the number 010 20953604; or by calling the number 01020953500. For additional information, students are requested to contact the teacher in good time to define bibliographic additions or alternative programs.
Ricevimento: The students reception will be held in the lectures days, according to the schedule which will be notified before the start of the workshop.
NICOLETTA VARANI (President)
GUIDO FRANCO AMORETTI
ANTONIO GUERCI
March 8, 2021
GEOGRAPHY OF LANDSCAPE AND ENVIRONMENT
For attending students : At the end of the course there will be a written exam reserved for students attending (70-75% of the course). Students who do NOT take the written exam will take an oral exam in the same way as those who do not. For non-attending students : oral exam . The oral exam includes the discussion , including through the use of graphs, charts and tables , proposals on aulaweb or present on the texts in the program , useful to the understanding of the territory understood as a central point of contact for the study and the various interactions between identity .
At the end of the course there will be a written exam reserved for students attending (70-75% of the course). Students who do NOT take the written exam will take an oral exam in the same way as those who do not.
Oral test for non-attendants: The oral test involves discussion, also with the help of graphs, charts and tables, proposed during the course or present on the texts in the program, useful for understanding the territory as a central point for the study of contact and interactions between different identities.
The oral examination will be assessed on the basis of the following
a) Knowledge of the topics dealt with in the course (65%)
b) Quality of oral exposure/ability to present arguments and critical approach to discipline (25%)
c) Mastery of specific vocabulary (10%)
