Superior

Prior to enrolling in courses at this language level, students must have completed or tested out of a minimum of 2 upper-division college-level Spanish courses at their home university in the U.S.

OBJECTIVES

The study and analysis of the organizational system of territory on the world scale, from a global perspective. Current criteria of regionalization. Observation of contrasts and antagonisms.

PROGRAM

INTRODUCTION. FACTORS OF UNIFORMITY AND DIVERSITY.

1. Introduction to the concept of region.
2. Influence of nature on regionalization.
3. Cultural factors of regionalization: language, religion, and ethnicity.

POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS

4. The role of the state in regionalization.
5. The capitalist space.
6. Space with planned economy.

THE USE OF SPACE: MODELS

7. Developed and underdeveloped societies.
8. The European region.
9. The North American region.
10. The African region.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Birot, P., Les regions naturelles du globe (París, Ed. SEDES, 1965).
Boserup, E., Población y cambio tecnológico (Barcelona, Ed. Crítica, 1984).
Claval, P., Regions, nations, grandes espaces. Geographie Génerale des ensembles territoriaux (París, Ed. M. Th.
Genin, 1968).
George, P., Geografía de las desigualdades (Barcelona, Ed. Oikos-Tau, 1983).
Stilwell, F., Política económica regional (Barcelona, Ed.Vicens Vives, 1983).
Tamames, R., Estructura económica internacional (Madrid, Ed. Alianza Editorial, 1982).
Lluch Martín, E. (dir.), Geografía de las Sociedades Humanas. 8 vols. (Barcelona, Ed. Planeta, 1981).