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Economic Geography

91910

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Description

Course Program 

• The geographical categories in the context of economic globalization. 
• Geography of agriculture and rural economy. 
• Geography of energy and other mineral raw materials. 
• Geography of the industry. 
• Geography of the Tertiary. 
• Complexities of urban geography. 
• Environmental issues and sustainability. 
• Special topics 
• Unconventional oil and new energy balances 
• Oil: from exhaustion to new impetus to production growth. 
• Technical, economic and environmental aspects of oil. 
• Oil from unconventional fields. 
• The American light tight oil. 
• Canadian bituminous sands. 
• Rebound and "bubble" effect of fossil fuels. 
• Supplementary topics Local development policies. 

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ECTS credits

9

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Teaching Language

italiano

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Exam Language

italiano

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Support Materials Language

italiano

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Basic Learning Outcomes

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Managing Entity (faculty)

Department of Economics and Law (UNICAS)

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