SESSIONS

TUESDAY, room 3, from 09:30 to 11:30.

· 1^st hour: theory contents.

· 2^nd hour: practical contents.

WEDNESDAY, room 23, from 09:30 to 10:30.

· Theory contents.

TOPICS

TOPIC 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO SPANISH LANDSCAPES

TOPIC 2: SPANISH CITIES THROUGH TIME

1. Cities of the Pre-Roman and Roman world (Google Earth files)

2. Medieval cities (Google Earth files)

3. Cities of the 16^th to 18^th centuries (Google Earth files)

4. Contemporaneous cities (Google Earth files)

GRADES

To pass the course, each student must submit the following activities to the instructor:

TASK 1. SPAIN´S GEOGRAPHY.

Objective: to know what is the role of the Geography in the past, present and future of Spain.

Materials: a *.pdf file with the chapter corresponding to Spain in Tim Marshall´s book “The power of Geography”.

Deliverable: a multiple-choice test.

TASK 2. URBAN DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPANISH CITIES.

Objective: documenting the urban evolution of a Spanish city through aerial photographs and Google Earth.

Materials: aerial photographs (excel file) and Google Earth.

Deliverables: each student must submit by e-mail the following materials:

1. A document in *.pdf format that will contain two tasks:

o A short essay (about 250 words in size 11) explaining the origin of the city analyzed and the possible causes leading to its creation.

o A schematic map, with Google Earth support, showing the spatial extension of the main historic quarters of the city (at least differentiating the Old City, the Ensanches and the developments after 1950).

2. A possible (walking) route locating at least 5 places (not necessarily monuments) that a visitor should not miss in your city. This route will also be displayed as a Google Earth Waypoints, and it will include precise locations and images (photographs, drawings, links to web pages etc…)

Deadline: Monday, May 6^th

TASK 3. NATURAL LANDSCAPES OF SPAIN

Objective: to document de diversity of natural landscapes of Spain.

Materials: Google Earth placemarks.

Deliverable: selection of at least 5 points of interest for a visitor, accompanied by a short text explaining the reasons for this selection.

TASK 4. SPANISH LANDSCAPES IN DEVELOPMENT.

Objetive: to know the consequences of the integration of Spain in the European Union.

Materials: movie “La vida que te espera” and *.word file.

Date: Wednesday, May 8^th.

Deliverable: a written exercise answering questions raised from the film.

Deadline: Monday, May 13^th

TASK 5. SPANISH LANDSCAPES IN DEVELOPMENT.

Objective: to apprehend the changes in landscapes occurred in Spain during the 2^nd half of the 20^th century.

Materials: paper “Land Use Changes in Iberian Peninsula 1990–2012” by D. Fernández-Nogueira and E. Corbelle-Rico.

Deliverable: a multiple-choice test.

Date: Wednesday, May 15^th.