Key words
Geography, localisation, mental map, world trade, spatial differences, S230 economic geography, S250 demography, S240 environmental planning
Objectives
Specialisation and spatial differentiation have made shipping into one of the mainstays of economic undertaking.
The world is becoming a village. Therefore students of logistic management should be introduced to spatial differences and the spread of economic activity on various spatial levels: town, region, country, continent, globe. Moreover, they should be informed on economic and political forms of collaboration above the national level.
The courses General Economic Geography (LM 1) and Shipping Geography (LM 2) try to find an answer to the questions of "What?", "Where?" and especially "Why there?" Thus, patterns in localisation and shipping models.
Students will get keys to analyse and explain new cases and to optimize them in a shipping context. They will try to make a file of "mental maps".
Topics
The General Economic Geography course draws the framework in which shipping activities take place.First, Belgian geography is reviewed.
Then, after an elementary introduction to cartography (including GPS and GIS), attention is paid to composition of the population (demography), agriculture (including climate classification) and industry localisation.
The chapter Energy treats coal and oil.
Furthermore, a survey of world trading patterns and main flows of raw materials.
Finally, principles, instruments and techniques of environmental planning are addressed.
Prerequisites
Elementary use of an atlas
Final Objectives
Knowledge:
Job-related:- Knowledge of international trade
- Knowledge of Belgian geography
- Elementary knowledge of cartography
- Knowledge of demography, climate classification relates to agriculture and localisation of industry
- Knowledge of energy issues
- Knowledge of world trade patterns and important flows of raw materials
- Knowledge of principles, instruments and techniques of environmental planning in Flanders
Skills:
General:- Capacity of critical reflection
- Updating knowledge
- Consulting sources
- Acquiring and processing information
General and job-related:- Organising (analysing, synthesizing, structuring) information
Job-related:- Following up on main economic sectors
- Understanding information offered and being able to distil it towards the problems addressed
Attitudes:
General
General and job-related:- Willingness to learn, to continuously update one's understanding
Job-related:
Materials used
Syllabus of approx. 75 pages, available through the school's course service.
Handouts (Power Point) on the course to be downloaded from the internet (from the DOKEOS learning platform).
Study costs
Syllabus at the current Hogeschool Gent rate.
The syllabus contains only a summary of subject matter: students are expected to expand it using their course notes.
Study guidance
Students may always ask their teacher, during and after classes, or by e-mail.
Teaching Methods
Question and answer, consulting news events in media and internet.
Students are trained in thinking along the lines of "mental maps".
Making horizontal as well as vertical links is the aim.
By working with case studies, keys to analysing and optimizing cases are created.
Assessment
- First exam session: 100% written exam: theory, questions of reasoning, questions of opinion and map exercise
- Second exam session: 100% written exam
- Students registered for the examinations only:
first and second exam session: 100% written exam in either session
Lecturer(s)
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