International cooperation and development

During the course, students will learn the spatial and temporal interplay of factors that have contributed to the current pattern of social, political, economic and territorial relations in the world; they will understand the territorial pattern of the main sectors of the economy, and the linked most important processes of integration between countries and regions of the world and the striking differentiations of economic development. Students will also assimilate all the theoretical tools and conceptual and empirical references in understanding and in critical analysing specific themes: city and urbanization, environment, ecosystems, nature; growth and development; development policies.