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Course Catalog 00/01


Business Adm and Social Science

IES313 Social and Economic Geography 15.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
I

LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER
Olof Stjernström Univ lektor


PREREQUISITES
None.

COURSE AIM
- To give a genaral picture of how man arranges parts of the earths surface, while organizing society and its different enterprises.
- To give an insight into the connection between the geographical environment and mans reshaping of society.
- To give a basic knowledge of geographical outlooks, concepts and theories.
- To provide knowledge about the course of events in regions that are of importance for development as well as how the state, through national and regional development planning, influences the regional development and ground utilization.


CONTENTS


TEACHING


EXAMINATION
Written exams, assignments and seminars.
Grading system: Fail, Pass or Honours.

COURSE GRADE SCALE: U, G, VG

ITEMS/CREDITS
Mom.2 Assignment report 3.00ECTS
Written exam 4.50ECTS
Assignment report 3.00ECTS
Written exam 4.50ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
Moment 1
Introduktion och befolkningsgeografi
Barrett, H.R.: Population Geography. Cenceptual Frameworks in Geography. Oliver & Boyd 1992. ISBN 0-05-004507-5.
Diercke Weltatlas: Westermanns förlag, senaste upplagan. ELLER
Gleerups stora skolatlas 1996 eller senare.
Findley, A. and Findley, A.: Population and development in the vorld. Routledge 1991. ISBN 0-415-06584-4.
Person, L O m fl: (red) 90-talets befolkningsfrågor. ERU 1991. Kompendium.
Sveriges Nationalatlas: Sveriges kartor. 1990 ISBN 91-87760-01-0.
Söderman, I.: Från lertavla till satelitbild. Uppsala 1990.
Östman, P.: Geografi som vetenskap. En introduktion. Liber 1986. ISBN 91-38-61471-5.

Moment 2
Stadens och kulturlandskapets geografi
Améen, L.: Stadens gator och kvarter. Stadsmiljöns geografiska grunddrag. Kompendium.
Arell, N.: Kolonisationen av Lappmarken - några näringsgeografiska aspekter. Kompendium.
Diercke Weltatlas: Westermanns förlag, senaste upplagan. ELLER
Gleerups stora skolatlas 1996 eller senare.
Hägerstrand, H.:Krafter som format det svenska kulturlandskapet (Ur Mark och Vatten år 2010 BoDs 1988:35). Kompendium.
Carter, H.: The Study of Urban Geography. Arnold 1997. ISBN 0-470-23524-9.
Sveriges nationalatlas: Kulturlandskapet och bebyggelsen. 1994. ISBN 91-87760-29-0.

Material enligt lärarens anvisning samt litteratur i anslutning till momentens övningsuppgifter tillkommer.

REMARKS
Valid for the academic year 00/01.

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