Landscape and Countryside

Code: PAO00782L

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Geography

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Learning Goals

Understanding and definition of the rural world today, of the traditional organization and the transition processes going on. Concepts and tools for the analysis of the rural today. Current challenges. Evaluating landscape demand and multifunctionality.

The concept of rural space and its evolution. Rural Geography, Agricultural Geography, and contributions from other disciplines. The organization of the rural space, until some decades ago. Models of interpretation. Processes of change of the agriculture ando of the landscape. From porductivism to post-productivism and multiple transition processes. The demand and the definition of landscape functions. Patterns and organization of the landscape today. The Portuguese rural space today.

Teaching Methods

Reading and analysis of texts. Practical work, , in groups, with research and organization of the information,and a empirical part, applied to a local case study in Alentejo. Oral and written presentations. Discussion among students and teacher. The evaluation is based on the practical exercice sand one written test, individual.