Regional Economics 4.17.E.510

Topics for Lectures and exercises:
What is region? Basic definitione of region and it’s typology.
Regional development in the global context
Defining the principles and values of regional development
Culture, creativity, and urban development
Factors and barriers of regional development on the background of economics
Innovation, learning and knowledge creation in co-localised and distant contexts
Spatial planning and territorial development policy
Finance and regional economic development
Universities and regional development
Why Regional Development matters for Europe's Economic Future
Typology of functional areas

Supplementary literature

1. The Economics of Cities and Suburbs, Bogart, Prentice Hall, 1998 2. Regional Economics and Policy, 3rd edition, Armstrong and Taylor, Blackwell, 2001 3. Urban Economics and Real Estate: Theory and Policy, McDonald and McMillen, Blackwell, 2007 4. An Introduction to Regional Economics, Hoover and Giarratani, The Web Book of Regional Science,access: http://www.rri.wvu.edu/webbook/giarratani/contents.htm

Type of course

obligatory courses

Mode

(in Polish) Realizowany w sali
Online
Self-reading

Course coordinators

Term 2022/23-L:

Agnieszka Dembicka-Niemiec

Term 2024/25-L:

Wojciech Goleński
Daniel Rodzeń

Learning outcomes

KNOWLEDGE
has established knowledge of the functioning of international institutions
knows selected economic phenomena occurring in the region at an advanced level
SKILLS
is able to properly analyze the problems of local and regional development in economic terms

Assessment criteria

LECTURES
F1 Colloquium checking the knowledge acquired during the lectures. Summative assessment:
The summary assessment consists of:
1. grade from a test checking the knowledge acquired by students (100%),
EXERCISES
F1 Colloquium checking the knowledge acquired during the exercises and the ability to apply it in practice. Summative assessment:
F2 Independence in solving tasks, ability
critical thinking and the accuracy of applying the acquired knowledge to the analysis, solution, and interpretation of problems
The summary assessment consists of:
1. grade from a test checking the knowledge acquired by students (50%),
2. tasks (50%)

Bibliography

1. Andy Pike, Andres Rodriguez-Pose, John Tomaney , Handbook of Local and Regional Development, Routledge, 2011 ( ISBN: 978-0-415-54831-1)
2. Richard M. McGahey, Regional Economic Development in Theory and Practice, access: https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/retoolingforgrowth_chapter.pdf
3. Hoover, Edgar Malone Giarratani, Frank, An introduction to regional economics, 1984, Knopf, New York. (ISBN 9780394334134)
4. David Pinder, Regional Economic Development and Policy.Theory and Practice in the European Community, Routledge, 2018 (eBook ISBN9781315103143)
5. Simona Iammarino, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Michael Storper, Why Regional Development matters for Europe's Economic Future, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Geography & Environment.

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