Unit Economic history of the city and the environment
- Course
- Politics, administration, territory
- Study-unit Code
- A001484
- Curriculum
- Politiche del territorio
- Teacher
- Manuel Vaquero Pineiro
- Teachers
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- Manuel Vaquero Pineiro
- Hours
- 63 ore - Manuel Vaquero Pineiro
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2021
- Offered
- 2021/22
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Storico
- Academic discipline
- SECS-P/12
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
Italian.
International and Erasmus students are invited to take the course. Readings and other course
material are also available in English, French and Spanish; oral exams, as detailed in the course program,
may be taken also in English, Spanish and French. Please contact the teacher for further details and to schedule an
appointment during the first week of the Fall Semester.- Contents
Industrial Revolution and the city
Changes in society and rural land
The configuration of the great cities of the West in the early twentieth century
factories
Planning policies and spatial planning
The demographic development of the city in the twentieth century
Suburbs and working-class neighborhoods in the middle of the twentieth century
The industrialization of the countryside and agriculture
The crisis of the model of industrial development and rural development plans
A new model of economic and social development: the environment as a resource
The policies of urban renewal: the industrial heritage
The development of the territory and of agriculture: rural tourism, heritage architecture and landscape- Reference texts
To be defined during the lessons.- Educational objectives
The course aims to highlight the consequences of rapid and substantial increase in world population began in the 19th century, a phenomenon that has essentially determined the concentration of population in the city. Since the second half of the 19th century in all countries of the world the majority of the population was rural, living in smaller settlements spread that is distributed over wide areas, while the urban phenomenon was very limited and the big cities were an exception. Over the past two centuries, with the development of industry and services, the process of urbanization of the population has intensified. We analyze the consequences of the strong growth of the cities that characterized above all economically developed countries, while in the least developed countries, the population was still predominantly rural. Today, however, while urbanization slows down in the old industrialized countries of Europe and North America, it is growing in the South.
At the end of the twentieth century, the crisis of the model of economic development that brought with it accelerates the industrialization of the cities that are functionally diversify to a greater extent devoted themselves to the culture to a service. The old model of Fordist city underwent a radical rethinking but at the same time the campaign began to learn about the effects of a whole different way of exploitation of resources. The environment, the landscape and the land turned into assets to be protected and enhanced as an economic resource. It has imposed a more balanced and sustainable development of economic activities.- Teaching methods
Frontal lessons; seminars and papers- Learning verification modality
Oral exams- Extended program
Industrial Revolution and the city
Changes in society and rural land
The configuration of the great cities of the West in the early twentieth century
factories
Planning policies and spatial planning
The demographic development of the city in the twentieth century
Suburbs and working-class neighborhoods in the middle of the twentieth century
The industrialization of the countryside and agriculture
The crisis of the model of industrial development and rural development plans
A new model of economic and social development: the environment as a resource
The policies of urban renewal: the industrial heritage
The development of the territory and of agriculture: rural tourism, heritage architecture and landscape.