Duration
10h Th, 3d FW
Number of credits
| Bachelor in geography : general | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The first part of the course considers the concept of rgion and the criteria of delimitation of the regions. Then, Belgium is resituated in his European context. One considers its regional diversity through the distribution of a series of parameters such as the density of the population, the types of rural occupancy, the components of the climate, the soils association, the land-use, to finally consider the agro-geographical regions in relation to the physical environment.
The second part of the course analyzes, in a more traditional way, the regions situated in the south part of Belgium. For each one of these regions, the extension and the limits are recalled, in relation to the geological structure, the lithology and the geomorphology. The hydrological (hydrographic network, water resources) and pedological aspects are developed in close relationship to the human facts, in particular the land-use and its evolution as well as the structure of the habitat.
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Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This course considers the fundamental concepts of the regional geography of Belgium : the situation of Belgium in the Northern European context ; basic physical factors are used as a criterion for the delimitation of the geographical regions; the human factors are surimposed to the natural regions (urban networks, density of population, industrial development); the different regions are analyzed by considering more particularly the relations between the principal components of the physical environment (geomorphology, hydrography, pedology, climatology) and the human elements (land-use, agricultural typology, structure of the habitat...).
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Course of Geomorphology and hydrography, course of Geology
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The three days of field works are held in Belgium and in the neighbouring areas. The regions are analyzed thanks to transects which emphasize the differences of land-use and habitats in relation to the physical environment and the human facts.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Introduction: Criteria of delimitation of the regions . Belgium in its European environment. The regional diversity of Belgium : density of the population , types of rural areas, components of the climate, the association of the soils , agro-geographical areas
Areas in the south of the Sambre-and-MeuseValley : Ardenne condrusienne, Entre-Vesdre-et-Meuse, Condroz , Fagne-Famenne, Ardenne, Lorraine
Recommended or required readings
Géographie régionale de la Belgique : 109 pages + dossier de lecture + documents cartographiques
Reference books :
- Géographie de la Belgique. J. Denis (Ed.), Crédit communal, Bruxelles, 1992, 622 p.
- Claval, P. 1995. Initiation à la géographie régionale, Nathan , 288 p
- Christians C. and Daels L. 1988. Belgium: a geographical introduction to its regional diversity and its human richness, Bulletin Société Géographique de Liège,24, 181 p.
- Alain Demoulin (dir.), 1995, L'Ardenne, essai de géographie physique. Hommage au professeur Albert Pissart, Publication du Département de Géographie physique et Quaternaire de l'Université de Liège, 238 p.
- Alain Demoulin (dir.), 2018, Landscapes and Landforms of Belgium and Luxembourg, Springer, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58239-9
- A syllabus and PowerPoint slides of the course are provided in digital form.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions ) AND oral exam
Other : Oral presentation of a region in Flanders (group work).
Additional information:
Theory course: written exam: 50% of final grade
Practical fieldwork: written, open book examination (with guide book and personal field notes): 30% of the final grade
Oral presentation of a region in Flanders (group work). The oral presentation and the manuscript count for 20% of the final grade.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
A financial contribution to cover the costs of the field days will be requested.
Contacts
Geoffrey HOUBRECHTS
Département de Géographie
Allée du 6 août, 2, Bât. B11, Sart Tilman - 4000 LIEGE
Tél : 04 - 366 5257 - E-Mail: G.Houbrechts@uliege.be