Module Identifier GG28110  
Module Title NATURE, CULTURE AND LANDSCAPE: GEOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVES  
Academic Year 2002/2003  
Co-ordinator Dr Bill Edwards  
Semester Semester 2  
Pre-Requisite GG10110 , DA10110 , GG10210 , DA10210 , GG10310  
Course delivery Lecture   20 Hours 10 x 2 hrs  
Assessment Semester Exam   2 Hours Unseen examination - Answer two questions   100%  
  Supplementary Exam   2 Hours same format   100%  

Learning outcomes

This module allows students to acquire an informed and critical understanding of the way in which socio-cultural attitudes have changed towards nature, conservation and landscape policy in a national and international context. It seeks to develop an informed understanding of the way such attitudes have been translated into landscape policy and the consequences of such strategies for residents. The module highlights the interconnection between nature and society - a central theme in geographical enquiry.

On completion of this module students should be able to:-

Aims

This module addresses changing socio-cultural constructions of nature, environment and landscape. It examines how these have shaped planning policy and practice in the designation of conserved and protected landscapes at global and national scales. In so doing it introduces students to the intellectual and pragmatic inter-connection between society and environment, which is a central theme in the geographical discipline.

Content

This module explores the way society has constructed a changing vision of the natural world, charts the emergence of environmental groups, conservation agencies and institutions, and examines the consequences of their activities for environmental and landscape policy. Lectures cover the following themes:

CHANGING PERSPECTIVES ON NATURE, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDSCAPE

CONSERVING AND COMMODIFYING LANDSCAPE

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
Daniels, S.. (1993) Fields of vision: landscape imagery and national identity in England and the United States. Polity Press, Cambridge
Dickens, P.. (1992) Society and Nature: towards a green social theory. Harvester
Meinig, D.W.. (1979) The interpretation of ordinary landscapes. Oxford U.P.
Pepper, D.. (1996) Modern environmentalism: an introduction. Routledge
Redcliffe, M. & Benton, T.. (1994) Social theory and the global environment. Routledge
Selman, P.. (1996) Local Sustainability: managing and planning ecologically sound places. Paul Chapman
Short, J.R.. (1991) Imagined country. Routledge
Simmons, I.G.. (1993) Interpreting Nature: cultural constructions of the environment. Routledge
Thomas, K.. (1984) Man and the natural world: changing attitudes in England 1500-1800. Penguin
Williams, R.. (1975) The country and the city. Paladin
Macnaghten, P. & Urry, J.. (1998) Contested Natures. Sage
Bunce, M.. (1994) The countryside ideal: anglo-american images of landscape. Routledge