Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA							2020_21
Subject	Urban Geography					Code	00416019
Study programme	0416 - G.GEOGRAFIA Y ORDE.DEL TERRITORIO
Descriptors	Credit.	Type	Year	Period
	6	Compulsory	Second	Second
Language	Castellano
Prerequisites
Department	GEOGRAFIA Y GEOLOGIA
Coordinador	PISABARRO PEREZ , ALFONSO				E-mail	apisp@unileon.es jcora@unileon.es
Lecturers	CORTIZO ÁLVAREZ , JOSÉ PISABARRO PEREZ , ALFONSO
Web	http://
General description	Urban geography is a branch of human geography concerned with various aspects of cities. An urban geographers main role is to emphasize location and space and study the spatial processes that create patterns observed in urban areas. To do this, they study the site, evolution and growth, and classification of villages, towns and cities as well as their location and importance in relation to different regions and cities. Economic, political and social aspects within cities are also important in urban geography.
Tribunales de Revisión	Tribunal titular Cargo Departamento Profesor Presidente GEOGRAFIA Y GEOLOGIA REGUERA RODRIGUEZ , ANTONIO Secretario GEOGRAFIA Y GEOLOGIA GONZALEZ GONZALEZ , MARIA JESUS Vocal GEOGRAFIA Y GEOLOGIA BENITO DEL POZO , MARIA PAZ Tribunal suplente Cargo Departamento Profesor Presidente GEOGRAFIA Y GEOLOGIA REDONDO VEGA , JOSE MARIA Secretario GEOGRAFIA Y GEOLOGIA SANCHEZ MUÑOZ , MARIA JESUS Vocal GEOGRAFIA Y GEOLOGIA GOMEZ VILLAR , AMELIA

Competencias

Code
A2247
A2275
A2283
B305
B308
C1

Learning aims

	Competences
	A2247 A2275 A2283	B305 B308	C1

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
INTRODUCTION TO THE CITY AND THE URBAN FROM GEOGRAPHY AND URBAN SCIENCE	1. The definitions of city. 2. Urban Science and Urban Geography
THE URBANIZATION PROCESSES FROM THE HISTORICAL, SPACE, DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS	3. Historical dynamics. The city in time 4. Space dynamics. The city in space 5. Demographic dynamics 6. Economic dynamics
MORPHOLOGY, URBAN STRUCTURE. CENTER / PERIPHERY AND SOCIAL-SPACE SEGREGATION	7. Plan, building and urban landscape. 8. Center and urban peripheries. Socio-spatial segregation Seminar 2. Practice with urban maps
PROBLEMS AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT CITY. TRANSPORTATION, SUSTAINABILITY. GENDER, QUALITY OF LIFE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY	9. Transport and urban mobility 10. Problems and environmental conflicts in the city 11. The city with a gender perspective 12. Quality of life, government and governance Fieldwork. Guided tours to different sectors of the city of León Seminar 3. The improvement of mobility in León
CITY IN NETWORK, REGION AND GLOBALIZATION. URBAN SYSTEMS AND CITY MODELS.	13. Urban models 14. Theories about the city. The future of cities

Planning

Methodologies  ::  Tests
	Class hours	Hours outside the classroom	Total hours
Field work/trips	5	5	10
Seminars	2	0	2
Personal tuition	3	0	3
Problem solving, classroom exercises	10	20	30
Lecture	30	35	65
Extended-answer tests	3	10	13
	2	25	27
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies

Methodologies   ::  

	Description
Field work/trips
Seminars
Personal tuition
Problem solving, classroom exercises
Lecture

Personalized attention

Lecture Field work/trips Personal tuition

Description

Assessment

	Description	Qualification
Lecture		5 %
Field work/trips		10 %
Seminars		10%
Problem solving, classroom exercises		10 %
Extended-answer tests		30%
		35%
Other comments and second call

ADDENDUM

Contingency plan due to COVID-19 emergency conditions that prevents from presence based teaching

COVID-19 Teaching Guide Addendum Access Link

Sources of information

Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

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