Physical Geography and Land Use Planning
A.Y. 2024/2025
Learning objectives
The course aims to provide the student with the foundations for a correct physical geographic analysis of the landscape that lays the foundations for the subsequent geomorphological analyses that will be proposed in subsequent courses (in the second year of the master degree). We will analyse the forms of the landscape, their genesis and evolution as a function of both natural and anthropogenic forcing factors. Methods and techniques used for the geomorphological survey and the production of thematic cartography will be critically addressed. Learning aims to bring the student to a knowledge of the topics that allows him/her to understand the implications in their subsequent application in management and planning terms.
Expected learning outcomes
- basic knowledge of methodologies for describing physical landscape forms and the production of thematic mapping that describes them;
- basic understanding of theoretical aspects supporting land use planning and resource use
- Acquisition of a basic ability to understand and manage physical geography and geomorphological data functional to the application of land use planning tools;
- improvement of the ability to read geomorphological and physical geography technical reports and to present their results
- the student acquires basic skills in understanding physical geography tools to support resource management and environmental planning.
- basic understanding of theoretical aspects supporting land use planning and resource use
- Acquisition of a basic ability to understand and manage physical geography and geomorphological data functional to the application of land use planning tools;
- improvement of the ability to read geomorphological and physical geography technical reports and to present their results
- the student acquires basic skills in understanding physical geography tools to support resource management and environmental planning.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
Introduction to Physical Climatology
Processes and phenomena characterizing the lower atmosphere
The radiative terrestrial energy budget
The radiative atmospheric energy budget
Land taken: data and analysis
Not radiative contributions to energy budget
The greenhouse effect
Urban Heat Island Effect
Processes and phenomena characterizing the lower atmosphere
The radiative terrestrial energy budget
The radiative atmospheric energy budget
Land taken: data and analysis
Not radiative contributions to energy budget
The greenhouse effect
Urban Heat Island Effect
Prerequisites for admission
Maths, Physics, Physical Geography
Teaching methods
The course aims to provide knowledge and skills relating to Physical Geography as a tool for the correct understanding of geological and atmospheric processes and the dynamics and evolution of natural and urbanized systems, the basis for a correct Territorial Planning.
For this purpose, frontal lessons on theoretical topics will be alternated with technical-practical activities to practically illustrate with case studies what has been introduced with the theory.
The laboratory part which involves the analysis of meteorological, climatic and cartographic data will be carried out synchronously with the teacher in the computer class.
The course makes use of teaching material made available through Ariel (which is the specific University portal for teaching sites of the courses): lecture notes from the teacher, in-depth material.
Method of attendance: not mandatory but strongly recommended.
For this purpose, frontal lessons on theoretical topics will be alternated with technical-practical activities to practically illustrate with case studies what has been introduced with the theory.
The laboratory part which involves the analysis of meteorological, climatic and cartographic data will be carried out synchronously with the teacher in the computer class.
The course makes use of teaching material made available through Ariel (which is the specific University portal for teaching sites of the courses): lecture notes from the teacher, in-depth material.
Method of attendance: not mandatory but strongly recommended.
Teaching Resources
Slides of the lectures and in-depth material available at the ARIEL web site
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam will take place in oral form. The students (alone or in groups of 2/3 students) will present an original work they performed by analyzing meteo-climate and/or cartographic data choosing a topic among the lectures proposed during the course. After this presentation, the teachers make a list of questions with the aim of evaluating how much of the used methodologies have been assimilated by the students and how much the students are able to critically approach the investigated problem.
Type of evaluation: vote out of thirty.
Type of evaluation: vote out of thirty.
GEO/04 - PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY - University credits: 6
Lessons: 48 hours
Professors:
Diolaiuti Guglielmina Adele, Senese Antonella
Professor(s)