Basic elements and tools in physical geography; analysis of fundamental landscape levels (mountain, hill, plain) in terms relief and interaction between relief, settlements and primary production systems.
Learning Objectives
Knolewdge acquired: understanding of the nature of physical landscapes, of their effects on human activity and of the results of man-relief interactions
Competence acquired: ability to use the basic tools of landscape analysis: aerial images, geographical visualization systems, geographical information systems, limited to visualization tools
Skills acquired (at the end of the course): operational understanding of the physical and historical bases of landscape issues; ability to fully understand landscape analyses from specialists
Prerequisites
Courses recommended: Agronomia generale; Chimica del suolo
Teaching Methods
Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc...): 150
Hours reserved to private study and other indivual formative activities: 102
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 24
Contact hours for: Laboratory (hours): 24
Contact hours for: Laboratory-field/practice (hours):
Seminars (hours): 0
Stages: 0
Intermediate examinations: 0
Further information
Teaching tools: computer room of the Pistoia lecture centre
Type of Assessment
Exam modality: oral exam
Course program
Definitions of landscape. Multifunctionality and multi-perception of landscapes.
Tools for analysis of landscapes: maps, aerial photographs, bibliographic sources, field survey.
Elements and factors detrmining landscape and landscape's dynamics.
Soil, the third dimension of landscapes. The soil-landscape paradigm.
Landscapes in art. Landscape planning (with reference to Tuscany).
Historical rural landscapes
Urban landscapes and land take