LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course is aimed at providing theoretical and practical notions necessary to deal with the relationships between meteo-climate conditions, geomorphological features and tourist activities, also referring to land planning and management. Regional case studies, representative of various types of anthropic impact and geomorphological risk conditions, will be presented.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Regional case studies, representative of various types of geotourism valorization, anthropic impact and geomorphological risk conditions, will be presented for the comprehension of the role of Physical  geography and Geomorphology in land planning.

TEACHING METHODS

Online Lectures and  practical exercises 

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

• Fundamental notions of  cartography for the interpretation of the landscape
• Fundamental notions of  Physical  geography about atmospheric processes and climate
• Fundamental notions of  Geomorphology about landforms and their evolution (natural and anthropogenic)
• Geotourism and sustainability: geodiversity, geosites, geoparks
• Case studies of geotourism valorization, anthropic impact and geomorphological risk 

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

- T. L. MCKNIGHT, D. HESS, Geografia fisica. Comprendere il paesaggio (edizione italiana a cura di Francesco Dramis), Piccin, Padova, 2005.

- U. Sauro, M. Meneghel, A. Bondesan, B. Castiglioni, Dalla carta topografica al paesaggio, Vicenza, ZetaBetaEdiditrice, 2005.

- E. REYNARD, P. CORATZA, G. REGOLINI BISSIG, Geomorphosites,Munchen,Verlag, 2009. (chapters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)

- D. NEWSOME, R. DOWLING, Geotourism,sustainability,impactsand management, Amsterdam, Elsevier, 2005.

The slides presented during the lessons e other tutorial materials will be available on AulaWeb at the end of each cycle of lessons/exercises