GEOGRAPHY

Arts B.A.

IIL

Cpuol¡s: A choice of lwo options from the following list:

L'Art

Médiéval (l l%15" siècles);

Techniques ofthe novel in the l9th and 20th centuries;

Stendhal and Proust;

French literary criticism 1850-1950;

Man and Nature in the 20th century novel;

Modern French literary criticism.

Text-books: Coates, B. 8., Geography and inequality (O.U.P.); Harrison, P., The Third Ll/orld lomorrow (Penguin); Smith, D. M., Where the grass is greener: living in an unequal world (Pelican).

Assessment will take the form olthrough-the-year work ^(500/o) and examination ^(500/o).

AJIH ^{Physical Geography} IH.

Two lectures, one tutorial and one short practical exercise per week. First halfofthe year.

An examination in August carries 500/o of the total assessment and course work ca¡ries the remaining 500/0.

The subject matter and recommended reading are identical with that contained in the Issues ofthe Physical Environment segment ofAJOl Geography I described above.

AJ?}I Human Geography IH.

Two lectures, one tutorial and one short practical exercise per week. Second halfofthe year. An examination in November carries 500/o of the total assessment and course work carries the remaining 500/0.

The subject rnatter and recommended reading are identical with that contained in the Issues oflhe Social Environment segment ofAJOl Geography I described above.

SBCOND YBÄ.R.

Pre-requisites: AJOl Geography I or its equivalent. Students who have passed other hrst year subjects may be given access to second year courses in special circumstances, with the permission olthe Chairman.

There are two subjects offered, AJ12 Geography

IIA

which consists olany two options and 4.J22 Geography IIB which consists of the two optional courses not presented for

AJl2

Geography IIA. Students wishing to study only Human Geography as Geography IIA will enrol lor options J7 I

I

Economic Geography and J7 l3 Social Geography. Those wishing to study only Physical Geography as Geography

IIA will

enrol in J7l0 Com- munity Biogeography and J712 Structural Geomorphology. Each optional course will run lor halfofa year and will consist oftwo lectures and one tutorial or practical a week, plus a variable amount of fieldwork.

Students who take both Geography IIA and IIB, i.e. two lull subjects, will enrol for all of the lour options. Students taking only AJl2 Geography IIA may take a Human-Physical mix but are advised to combine options in such a way as to maintain an even workload throughout the year.

Students who wish to take the half-subject AJTH Geography IIH may do so by enrolling lor any one ofthe optional courses offered, providing that the course is not also counted to\ì/ards AJl2 Geography IIA.

Optional courses J7l0 Community Biogeography and J712 Structural Geomorphology are offered in even years only. In odd years, the courses J720 Conservation and Manage- ment olBiological Communities and J725 Process Geomorphology will be available.

Assessment will take the lorm of through-the-year work and an examination at the end ofthe course. The weighting lor these t'"vo segments will vary between 400/o and 600/0, with the actual proportions being decided alter consultation with students.

J7 I

0

Corvr¡¿ur.urv Broc¡ocn¿.pr¡v.

Second halfolthe year.

The lectures

in

this course are concerned

with

the biogeographic processes which determine the distribution of plant communities and the animals which inhabit them.

The main locus ol the lectures is the life st¡ategies evolved in plants and animals as a response to community environments which differ in physical characteristics (climate, soil, and topography), biological characteristics (composition and structure), and distur- bance regime. These life strategies a¡e related to the processes of dispersal, immigration, 578

Arts B.A.

colonization, and adaptation which cause communities to vary lrom place to place and with the passage oftime. Practical work, in the lorm ollaboralory and field exercises, is used to demonstrate basic techniques of community inventory, description, and classi- frcation.

Text-books: Grime, J. P., Plant strategies and vegetation processes (Wiley); Mueller- Dombois, D., and Ellenberg, H., Aims and method of yegelation ecology (V/iley).

This course will not be available in 1985 and future odd years.

J7l

I

^{EcoNolrrc GEocRAPHY.}

First half of the year.

This cou¡se treats the space-economy as a system and examines the various factors which influence the locations, patterns and movements of economic phenomena, together with an analysis olsome olthe spatìal models which have been developed to describe various elements of the system.

Text-books: Foust,

J.8.,

and de Souza,

A.R.,

The economic landscape a úeoretical introdnction (Merrell); Lloyd, P. E., and Dicken, P., Location

in

space: a theoretical approach lo economic geography (Harper and Row).

J7 I

2

SrrucrunnL G¡ononpnolocy.

First halfofthe year.

The form

olthe

land surlace varies with the structure

olthe

underlying crust, with the processes responsible lor shaping the surface and with variations in structure and process

in

time. This course is concerned primarily with the first of these variables. Topics considered include the earth's major relief, volcanoes, and the effects ofjoints, laults, lolds and rock lype on landform development.

Examples are taken from a global canvas but particular attention is devoted to the Mount Lolty Ranges, the Flinders Ranges and Eyre Peninsula, each olwhich not only illustrates aspects olstructural geomorphology but also offe¡s opportunities for considering the total development

ol

landlorms and the methods used to analyse and explain ^geomorpho- logical problems.

This course will not be available

in

1985 and future odd years.

Text-books: Twidale,

C.R.,

Analysis

ol

landforms (Wiley); Twidale,

C.R.,

Granite

land,for m s (Elsevi er).

J713

Soclu

G¡ocr.npnv.

Second halfofthe year.

This course is concerned with the spatial patterns and processes that derive from man's social activity. It considers the major settings olcountryside and city and the interaction between urban and rural, primarily in the context of Westem societies. The course also deals with processes and theories ol migration, the ^key element of population redistri- bution within and bet.ween the countryside and the city.

Text-books: Clout, H. D., Ru'al geography': an introduclory sw'yey (Pergamon); Berry, B. J.

L.,

The human consequences o.[ urbanization (Macmillan); Burnley, 1.H., The Attstralian urban syslem (Longman Cheshi¡e); Knox, P. L., Urban social geograph¡'' an itttroduction (Longman); Williams, M., The changing rLral landscape of South Austalia (Heinemann).

J720 CoNs¡nvATIoN AND Mnx¡c¡rvre¡{r or Broloclc¡r- Courr¡uNrrr¡s (not available in

l 984).

This course is concerned with the application of biogeographic principles to community conservation and management in human-dominated landscapes. It includes a critique of current conservation strategies and an examination ofattempts to construct, restore, and rehabilitate plant and animal communities.

This course will be available

in

1985 and future odd years.

J725 Pnoc¡ss Grouonpuolocv (not available in 1984).

This course is concerned with the processes responsible for shaping the land surface, including weathering, mass movement and the work of running water, wind and waves.

Particular attention is given to deserts and coasts.

This course will be available in 1985 and future odd years.

The subjects offered are:

^Jl2 ^{Geography IIA.}

Any two ofthe second-year options.

AJ22 ^Geography IIB.

Two ofthe second-year options not already presented for AJl2 Geography IIA.

AJTH ^{Geography IIH.}

Any one ofthe second-year options.

THIRD

YEAR.

Pre-requisites: AJ12 Geography IIA, AJ22 Geography IIB, or their equivalent prior to 1979. Some third ^year options require particular second year courses as pre-requisites, There are two subjects offered, AJl3 Geography IIIA, which consists of any two optional couñ¡es and any one techniques coune, and AJ23 Geography IIIB which consists oftwo optional courses and one techniques course not presented for AJ I 3 Geography IIIA. Each optional cou¡se will run for halfofa year and will consist oftwo lectures and one tutorial

or

^practical a week. Some optional courses involve a fieldwork commitment. Each techniques course

will

run for half of a year and

will

consist of one workshop a week.

Students requiring a half-subject in Geography

will

take AJ8H Geography

IIIH

which consists

of

one optional course and one techniques course. Students

lvith

suitable pre-requisites from other faculties may take any ofthe listed courses with the consent of the relevant Chairmen.

The method ofassessment will be decided at the beginning ofeach course after discussions with the students concerned.

Optional courses:

J7 I

0

Cor"rrvruNrry BrocEocRApHY.

Second halfofthe ^year. The lectures in this course are concemed with the biogeographic processes which determine the distribution of plant communities and the animals which inhabit them. The main focus of the lectures is the life strategies evolved in plants and animals as a response to community environments which difler in physical characteristics (climate, soil, and topography), biological characteristics (composition and structure), and disturbance regime. These life strategies are related to the ^processes of dispenal, immigration, colonization, and adaptation which cause communities to vary from place to place and with the passage oftime. Practical work, in the form oflaboratory and field exercises, is used to demonstrate basic techniques of community inventory, description, and classification.

Text-books: Grime, J. P., Plant slrategies and vegelation processes (Wiley); Mueller- Dombois, D., and Ellenberg, H., Aims and method of vegelation ecology(Wiley).

This course will not be available in 1985 and future odd years.

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B.A. Arts

J7 I

2

Srnucrunnl- Gnouonpsor-ocv.

First halfofthe year. Students who have successfully completed a second year course in Structural Geomorphology in a previous year may not enrol.

The form of the land surface varies with the structure olthe underlying crust, with the processes responsible for shaping the surface and with variations in structure and process

in

time. This course is concerned primarily with the first of these variables. Topics conside¡ed include the earth's major relief, volcanoes, and the efnects ofjoints, faults, ^folds and rock type on landform development.

Examples are taken from a global _canvas but particular attention is devoted to the Mount Lofty Ranges, the Flinders Ranges and Eyre Peninsula, each ofwhich not only illustrates aspects ofstructural geomorphology but also offers opportunities for considering the total development of landforms and the methods used to analyse and explain geomorpho- logical problems.

Text-books: Twidale, C. R., Analysis

of

landforms (Wiley); Twidale,

C.R.,

Granite landforms (Elsevier).

This course will not be available in 1985 and future odd years.

J720 CoNsnnvATroN AND Me¡¡rc¡rr.r¡Nr oF Bror-ocrcAt- Corrrrvru¡,utlns (not available in

l 984).

This course is concerned with the application of biogeographic principles to community conservation and management in human dominated landscapes. It includes a critique of current conservation strategies and an examination ofattempts to construct, restore, and rehabilitate plant and animal communities.

This course will be available in I 985 and future odd years.

J72

I

C¡,nrocupnlc Courr¡ur.¡rcATroN.

Second half of the year. This cou¡se involves theoretically based investigations of the application of graphic and cartographic techniques

to

spatial problems and

of

the successful communication of graphic information.

Text-books: Robinson,

A.H.,

et al., Elements of cartography (Wiley); Keates, J. S.,

Understanding maps (l,ongman); Downs, R. M., and Stea, D., Image and environment (Aldine); Taylor, P. J., Quantilative ^methods in geography (Houghton Mifllin).

J723 AsonrclriAl- AND Eu¡Nrc Ausrn¡,ue.

Second half of the ^year. The chief aim of this course is to give students the opportunity

to

explore the interaction between culture and environment. Each group of ^people develops its own and largely unique culture and this ^produces a significant impact upon the landscape. When people from two different cultures occupy the same land space then interactions and changes are inevitable. The course concentrates on Australian material and most ofthe examples and case studies are taken from either Aboriginal or ethnic communities in Australia.

Text-books: Gale, F., Urban Aborigines (A.N.U. Press); Tuan, Yì-Fu, Topophilia, a study of environmental perception, attitudes and values (Prentice-Hall).

J724 R¡clor.¡¡,1 EcoNovrc ANelvsrs AND DEvELopMENT.

First halfofthe year. This course is concerned with the problem ofuneven development and examines the nature and extent of spatial inequality in welfare at the world and regional scales. Some of the explanations for these contrasts are considered. Specific reference will be made to the regional problem in selected countries, and to the efforts which have been made

to

reduce regional contrasts

in

economic opportunities and welfare.

Text-books: Brookfreld, H., Interdependent developmenl (Methuen); Brown, A. J., and Burrows,

8.M.,

Regional economic problems (Allen and Unwin); Holland, 5., The regional problem (Macmillan); Smith, D. M., Human geography: a welfare approach (Arnold); Stillwell, F. J. B., Economic crisis: cities and regions (Pergamon).

J725 Pnoc¡ss Gsotr¿onpnolocY (not available in 1984).

The course is concerned with the processes responsible for shaping

the

land surface, including weathering, mass movement and the work of running water, wind and waves.

Particular attention is given to deserts and coasts.

This course will be available in 1985 and luture odd years.

J726 Run¡,1

Soclu

G¡ocr¡.puv.

First half ol the year. The course is concerned with spatial aspects

ol

rural society in Western countries, and the way this society is adjusting to the prolound technological and economic changes taking ^place in rural areas. The major focus is on rural communities and local social networks (identification, mapping, processes and effects of change, and community-related

rural

problems and planning measures). Some

major

^problems

covered include rural accessibility, mobility, rural poverty and rural settlement planning policies. Land use and agricultural change receive attention as background variables, but most attention is devoted to ¡ural people rather than larming systems.

The course emphasises practical and applied work, and a field camp is held in the May vacation. Assessment includes the production ofa field project report.

Text-books: Lassey, W. R., Planning in rural env¡ronments (McGraw-Hill); Lonsdale, R. E., and Holmes, J. H. (eds), Settlement systems in sparsely populated regions: The United States and Austalia (Pergamon); Moseley, M. J., Accessibility: the rural challenge (Methuen); Shaw, J. M. (ed.), Rural deprivation and plannirg (Geo Books).

Jl2'1 Tr<optcl.r- ENvlnoNneNTs, HuMAN SYsrrl"Is ¡.r.{o SoctnI- Cn.lNce.

Second

hallof

the year. An introduction to the rural ^and urban systems of the tropical Third World, examining the impacts

ol

colonialism, the post-colonial state and the capitalist

world

economy

in

effecting social and environmental change. Tropical environments suggest particular hazards and constraints, provide particular bundles of resources and may suffer particular kinds of degradation at the hands of their human occupants; indigenous social patterns and imposed extemal changes produce both differences in detail and similarities overall in the situation ofpresent populations ofthe tropical Third Wo¡ld.

While the course emphasises theoretical approaches to social change and its demo- graphic, environmental and spatial implications, extensive use

will

be made of case studies, drawn mainly from south and south-east Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific.

Text-books: MacAndrews,

C.,

and Chia

Lin

Sie4 Developing economies and the

environment (McGraw-Hill); Bromley, R., and Gerry, C., Casual work and povert¡,in third world citíes (Wiley); Craig, S., Contemporary Caribbean,2 vols, (The College Press,

Trinidad); Ewusie, J. Yanney, Elements of topical ecology (Heinemann);Fox, J., et al., Indonesia Australian perspectives (Research School of Pacific Studies, A.N.U.); Long, N., An introduction to the socìology of rural development (Tavistock); Roxborough, I.,

T he o r i e s of u n d e r d ev e I o p me nt (.}llacmill,an).

J728 Eeu¡rv rN Crrr¡s: A CovIp¡.n.crrvr Prnspnctlv¡.

Second half of the year. The course adopts a comparative approach to urbanisation processes, the internal restructuring oflarge cities, ^and their impact upon city dwellers.

Polìcy-related topics such as intervention in the urban land market, inner area change, residential development processes and housing provision are treated.

Case studies are selected to illustrate the contrasting urban experience within the "late capitalist" and "command" ^economies.

Text-books: Badcock, B. A., Unfairly struclured cilies (Blackwell); Bassett, K., and Short, J., Housing and resídential sftucture alternative approaches (Routledge); French, R. 4., and Hamilton,

F.8.,

The Socialist

city-spatial

struclure and urban policy (Wilrey);

Neutze, M., Austalian urban policy (Allen and Unwin).

The above electives will be offered according to numbers enrolling and the availability of staff

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Techniques courses:

J733 REuor¡ SrnsrNc Trcuxrqurs.

First halfolthe year. This course examines the lunctioning and applications ofa variety

of

remote sensing systems. Workshops are used

to

demonstrate basic techniques of photographic measurement and image interpretation. Areas of application and tech- niques covered are relevant to most frelds olgeographical study.

Text-books: Avery, T. 8., Interpretation of aerial photographs (Burgess); Barrett, E. C., and Curtis, L.F., Introduction to entironmenLal remote sensing,2nd edition (Chapman and Hall); Lillesand, T. M., and Kiefer, R. W., Remote sensing cLnd image interpretation (Wiley).

J734 Socr¡,1 Sunv¡y TecHNrqurs.

First half of

^{the year. The} course covers standard procedures such as sampling, questionnaire and survey design, interviewing, coding; framing and testing of hypotheses, report writing and participant observation.

Text-books: Dixon, C., and Leach, 8., Sampling methods

for

geographical reseurch (CATMOG 17, Geo Abstracts); Dixon, C., and Leach, 8., Questionnaires and interviews in geographical research (CATMOG 18, Geo Abstracts); Gardner, G , Social sw'veysfor social planners (Holt Rinehart and Winston); Silk, J., StaListical concepts in geograph¡' (Allen and Unwin).

The subjects offered are:

AJ13 Geography IIIA.

Two optional courses and one techniques course.

AJ23 Geography IIIB.

Any other two optional courses and one techniques course not presented for AJl3 Geography IIIA.

AJSH Geography IIIH (half-subject).

One optional course and one techniques course.

HONOURS DBGREE.

AJ99 ^{Honours Geography.}

Normally a standard of credit or above in AJ13 Geography

IIIA

will be expected as a

pre-requisite. Admission to the ^programme is subject to approval by the Chairman, The course consists

ol

lour parts. There is a core course

in

methodology which is compulsory. In addition students are expected to select two elective courses. Details of the electives available

in

1984

will

be lound

in

the Handbook.

All

students must undertake a thesis on an approved topic.

Assessment: The thesis is given a value ol 40o/o. The three courses are worth 20o/oeach.

The actual method olassessment within each course will be decided alter discussion with the students concerned.