Bachelor's Degree in Geography, Environmental Management and Spatial Planning
Basic skills
Knowledge
- Describe Planet Earth as a system made up of different spatiotemporal dimensions and physical, environmental and social elements.
- To relate the theoretical and applied aspects of the main territorial and environmental policies in rural and urban environments.
- To associate knowledge from various social and environmental disciplines in the description and interpretation of spatial dynamics linked to territorial transformations.
- Identify different theoretical approaches in related social sciences involved in the understanding of social and cultural phenomena.
- Recognise the most appropriate techniques and methodologies for the integration of scientific, social, technological and economic aspects of the environment and territorial planning in the development of specific projects.
- Identify landscape diversity and geographic transformation related to physical and environmental processes
- To cite the basic legal planning regulations in territorial and environmental planning and management projects.
- Identify the diversity and geographical transformation, on a global scale, of human processes using the main concepts related to demography, gender geography and other fields of social geography.
Skills
- To analyse the relationship between society and the territory by applying the conceptual and theoretical framework of geography.
- Interpret environmental, demographic, urban, rural and landscape elements at different geographical scales through a systematic analysis.
- To resolve, at an introductory level, geographical, environmental and territorial challenges raised by local actors in a specific study.
- Apply qualitative analysis and fieldwork methods in the interpretation of territorial and environmental processes.
- Use statistical and graphical representation techniques and tools in the analysis of territorial and environmental processes.
- Use cartographic and geoinformation techniques and tools in the analysis of territorial and environmental processes.
- Apply the appropriate territorial management tools for territorial and environmental planning (geographic information systems, databases, among others).
- Propose through analysis solutions to conflicts related to the environment, territorial planning or a related area.
- Interpret relevant data within an area of study related to geography, the environment, territorial planning or related areas that include ethical reflection.
- Evaluate solutions to complex problems in the field of geography, environment and territorial planning.
Competences
- Integrate changes in methods and processes in the field of geography, environment and territorial planning to provide innovative responses to the needs and demands of society.
- To act in the field of geography, the environment and territorial planning, assessing the social, economic and environmental impact of their own activity in the academic and/or professional field.
- Act with ethical responsibility and respect for fundamental rights, diversity and democratic values.
- Identify and assess inequalities based on sex/gender in the field of geography, environment and territorial planning from an intersectional perspective.
- Communicate in a clear and synthetic way information related to geography, the environment, territorial planning and related areas at different levels, using the appropriate language and tools.
- To manage with initiative, proactivity and the ability to adapt new challenges within the field of geography, the environment, territorial planning and related areas.
- To prepare proposals for action and intervention in the territory that address socio-demographic and environmental problems.