BIDS – Selectable Courses
Human Geography
Autumn 2014; Spring 2015
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi
Welcome!
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WHAT IS GEOGRAPHY?
WHAT DOES A GEOGRAPHER DO?
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Human Geography – Areas of research
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Economic Geography
Development Geography
Historical and Landscape Geography
Resources- and Environmental Geography
Urban- and Social Geography
Geography of Risk- and Vulnerability
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Courses in English – Autumn 2014
• SASA18 – Population, Settlement and Economic Geography
[7,5 credits, Study periods I]
• SGED05 - The Contemporary Geography of African
Development I [15 credits, Study periods I+II]
• SGED06 - The Contemporary Geography of African
Development II [15 credits, Study periods III+IV]
• UTVC20 – Human Geography: New Directions in
Development [7,5 credits, Study period II]
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Courses in English – Spring 2015
• SGEG16 – GIS in Social Sciences – Basic Level
[7,5 credits, Study periods III]
• SGEG17 – GIS in Development Studies – Applications
[7,5 credits, Study periods IV]
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Courses in Swedish – Autumn 2014
• SGEA22 – Samhällsgeografi: Fortsättningskurs
(Level 2) [30 credits, Study periods I-IV]
• SGEK02 – Samhällsgeografi: Kandidatkurs
(Bachelor course) [30 credits, Study periods I-IV – if you
are eligible]
• SGEG10– GIS: Geografiska Informationssystem för
Samhällsvetenskap, introduktion med tillämpningar
[30 credits, Study periods I-IV]
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Courses in Swedish – Spring 2015
• SGEA22 – Samhällsgeografi: Fortsättningskurs
(Level 2) [30 credits, Study periods I-IV]
• SGEG10 – GIS: Geografiska Informationssystem för
Samhällsvetenskap, introduktion med tillämpningar
[30 credits, Study periods I-IV]
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Research Areas in Development Geography
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AFRINT [African Intensification] – Agricultural Development in Asia/Africa – studies the
distribution of (or the lack of distribution of) ”Green Revolution Technology” in Africa
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RuDe – Rural Development – a larger cross-disciplinary research project in the process of
being initiated and which is a cooperation between Human Geography, Sociology and
Economic History
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Chinese aid to Africa and agricultural development in West Africa
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Diversification in South East Asian agriculture with a focus on Vietnam
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Research Areas in Development Geography
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Rural and urban transformation in Uganda and Kenya
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Consequences of the AIDS-epidemic in Africa, with a special focus on Tanzania
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Economic uses of the rainforest in Nigeria and Cameroon
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Territorial rural development in Argentina
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Geographies of e-waste and environmental justice in Cameroon
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Research Areas in Development Geography
• Economic uses of the rainforest in Nigeria and Cameroon
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Research Areas in Development Geography
• Economic uses of the rainforest in Nigeria and Cameroon
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Research Areas in Development Geography
• Territorial rural development in Argentina
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Research Areas in Development Geography
• Geographies of e-waste and environmental justice in Cameroon
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The case of Cameroon
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Research Areas in Development Geography
• Assessing the potential socio-economic opportunities and challenges of
Bio-char adoption on small-holder farming systems in Kenya.
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HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi
Welcome!
Lund University / Social Science / Human Geography / 2012-03-27