GEOGRAPHY OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
| Official course title | GEOGRAFIA DEI PAESI IN VIA DI SVILUPPO SP. |
| Academic Year | 2011/2012 |
| Course code | FM0097 |
| University credits | 6 |
| Degree level | Second Cycle Degree M.D.270 |
| Educational sector code | M-GGR/01 |
| Semester/trimester | 2° Periodo |
Professor
Degree Programmes and curricula
Contents
Educational Goals
Focus on the tight relations among environmental resources, ecology and social development. Impact of colonisation and major economic strategies on developing countries in Latin America.
Contents
Geography of development and the increasing gap between North and South. Case studies in the Tropical areas of Latin America in a geo-historical perspective.
Recommended Reading List
S.LATOUCHE, Come sopravvivere allo sviluppo, Torino, Bollati Boringhieri, 2005
G. DE MARZO, Buen vivir. Per una nuova democrazia della terra, Roma, Ediesse, 2009
E. GALEANO, Le vene aperte dell'America latina, Sperling e Kutser, 1997
J. DIAMOND, Collasso, Torino, Einaudi, 2006. pp. 85-130; 148-192; 343-366
Lectures available at the copyshop L?Angelo next to San Sebastiano
Assessment
Oral examination
Teaching Methods
Conventional
Teaching Language
Italian
Other information
Non-attenders must read M. MORAZZONI, Geopolitica dell?America Centrale. Le inquietudini, l?eredita, il futuro, Bologna, Archetipo Libri, 2010
