The course aims to provide students with tools for analyzing and interpreting the political, economic and social development of the contemporary world.
Fundamentals of geographical knowledge; world geography of globalization; evolution of the city; role of cultural heritage in the context of developing the value of the Italian territory; historical geography of settlement in Sicily.
A Giovannini C., Torresani S., Geografie, Mondadori, Milano.
B Soja E.W., Postmetropolis: Critical Studies of Cities and Regions, Blackwell, Oxford, 2000.
C Di Blasi A., Tra luogo e globo. Siti storici e nuovi processi territoriali, Pàtron Editore, Bologna, 2015.