Università Roma Tre

The first module (6 cfu) will provide an introduction to the knowledge of those physical environmental characteristics of our planet that constitute the natural component of the landscape. Top topics to be covered during the I Module: Basic Concepts of Astronomical Geography; The planet Earth; The representation of the Earth's surface; The lithosphere: minerals and rocks; Stratigraphy and Tectonics; Volcanic phenomena; Seismic phenomena; The Plaque Tettonica and the Evolution of the Earth; Marine hydrography; Continental hydrography; The terrestrial atmosphere; Elements and factors of the climate; Modeling the Earth's surface.

GEOGRAPHY I module (6 cfu)
Attending students:
- lesson notes and supplementary learning material that will be provided during the course.
Non-Attending Students:
-E. Lupia Palmieri, M. Parotto, Il Globo terrestre e la sua evoluzione,Edizione blu-Seconda edizione,testo unico, Milano, Zanichelli,2019 (ISBN: 978-88-08-32899-1). NB: Chapter-wise topics that are deleted: “L’Universo e il Sistema solare”(cap.1); “Storia della Terra” (cap. 11) e l’ “Appendice”.
From the chapter dedicated to "“La Terra e la Luna” (cap. 2), are TO BE DONE ONLY the paragraphs on: "“La forma e dimensioni della Terra", “Le coordinate geografiche”; “Le raffigurazioni della superficie terrestre”; "Il moto di rotazione terrestre”; “Il moto di rivoluzione terrestre e le stagioni”.
The following chapters are to be done in its entirety: L’atmosfera e il clima (cap. 3); L’ambiente marino (cap.4); I ghiacciai e le acque continentali (cap.5); La crosta terrestre: minerali e rocce (cap. 6); La giacitura e le deformazioni delle rocce (cap.7); I fenomeni vulcanici (cap. 8); I fenomeni sismici (cap. 9); La Tettonica delle placche: un modello globale (cap. 10).

The second module (6 cfu) will emphasize the different aspects of the territorial organization of the relationship between man and the environment, interpreted in a space-time dimension. A series of lessons will be directed in particular to the deepening of the physical-anthropic evolution of Italian landscapes. Main topics to be addressed during the second module: What is human geography; Spatial interaction and spatial behavior; Population and migration; Ethnic Geography; Urban systems and urban structures; Territorial economic structures: primary, secondary, tertiary and beyond; Environmental challenges.

Attending students:
- lesson notes and supplementary learning material that will be provided during the course.
Non-Attending Students:
- A.L. Greiner, G. Dematteis, C. Lanza. Geografia umana. Un approccio visuale, UTET, 2019 .