Rural Geography

Code:

GEOGR068

Acronym:

GRUR

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Geography
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Geography

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
GEOGR	89	Study Plan . (2012/2013)	2	-	6	4
		Study Plan . Minor in History (2012/2013)	2	-	6	4

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Acquire basic training to understand the dynamics of territorial rurality

Program

. Introduction: Rurality. From material production to the consumption of the immaterial.

2. The territories of rurality in the Modern World
2.1. The system of ownership in Old Regime Europe.
2.2. Land rent, monetary circulation and subsistence crises.
2.3. The origins of the global market of agricultural products and the diversification of crops.

3. 19th century modernisation and the loss of the central role of agriculture in economy.
3.1. The revolution of transports and the road to the end of self-sufficiency.
3.2. International competition, periods of free-trade and protectionism, drop in prices and farming associations.
3.3. Government regulation, scientific research, agricultural promotion: agricultural machinery, fertilizers and the expansion of farmland.


4. Productivist policies and the small-scale farming crisis
4.1. "New Deal", intensification, rationalisation, mechanisation and the formation of agro-industrial conglomerates.
4.2. Rural depopulation and the increasing subordination of small-scale farming in post-war Europe.
4.3. Formatting a common agriculture policy in the European Community.
4.4. The duality of crop systems and land ownership in underdeveloped countries: companies with land and landless peasants.

5. The new challenges of rurality.
5.1. Recent land rearrangements: the nuclear take-off, extensification and productive nodes with specific rental advantages.
5.2. The Common Agricultural and Rural Policy – The ambition of rural development and the preservation of natural resources.
5.3. The need to rethink rurality: the right to urbanity, equity in income distribution and access to information.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory classes: expository method, yet strongly encouraging student participation, by introducing a relationship between lecturer and students that builds on knowledge. Additional overhead projection of documents and graphs.

Practical classes: expository method, and applying the knowledge acquired in practical group assignments.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
Exam	Exame	2,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Study	Estudo autónomo	104
	Total:	104,00

Eligibility for exams

According to Pedagogical Board Rules.

Calculation formula of final grade

Theory component - 70%
Practical component - 30%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicabe

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to the Evaluation Rules

Classification improvement

According to the Evaluation Rules