Cultural Landscapes

• • Week 1: Introduction
  • Week 2: Conceptualising Place
  • Week 3: Conceptualising Landscape
  • Week 4: Cultural Ecology
  • Week 5: Conceptualising Regions
  • Week 6: Landscape Management
  • Week 7: Consultation
  • Week 8: Project preparation
  • Week 9: Cultural Ecology Project
  • Week 10: Cultural Ecology Project
  • Week 11: Synthesising Findings and Discussion
  • Week 12: Review

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• CUR-GPH310-Geographies of Health (No longer available)

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

This subject was previously known as Places Landscapes Regions.

This subject uses the concept of cultural landscapes, and the related concepts of place and territory, to understand and analyse the character and pressures on environments. The subject will equip students to understand, explain and apply geographical analysis to contemporary issues at different spatial scales. These issues include climate change, urbanisation, land use, human-nature relations, and ecological degradation. There is a strong emphasis on the development of technical skills using ESRI ArcGIS applications as they provide an excellent platform for exploring the layers of a landscape.

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• Practical Exercise (50%)
• Research report (50%)

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