Regional Economics and Regional Development

Code:

LEC403

Acronym:

EDR

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Economics

Instance: 2005/2006 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://www.fep.up.pt/disciplinas/LEC403/
Responsible unit:	Grupo de Economia
Course/CS Responsible:	ECONOMICS

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
ECO	346	Official Curricular Structure since 2004	4	3		-

Objectives

With this course we intend to provide the students with basic concepts of location and regional economics as well as to teach students how to use methods of regional analysis.

Program

I. Introduction - Space and economic theory. History of Spatial Economic Theory: a brief overview. Regional Economics versus other Regional Science disciplines. The space of analysis: the concept of economic space and region. Basic methods of regional analysis.
II. Theoretical foundations of Regional Economics – Location theory: seminal contributions.
III. The region as a system of urban centres – Central place theory, urban hierarchy and the ranking of towns. Applied analysis: the Portuguese case.
IV. Regional growth - Theoretical models and methods of analysis. Empirical analysis: the Portuguese case.
V. Regional development determinants: a partial analysis - Human resources; Infrastructures; Services.
VI. Regional development policies – Regional policy and regional planning; Regional policy in the European Union; Regionalisation and economic development: the Portuguese case.

Main Bibliography

Costa, J.S. (Coord.) (2002), Compêndio de Economia Regional, Associação Portuguesa para o Desenvolvimento Regional, Coimbra.

Complementary Bibliography

Armstrong, H. and J. Taylor (2000), Regional Economics and Policy, Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, 3rd ed.
Auray, J.-P., A. Bailly, P.-H. Derycke, J.-M. Huriot (1994), Encyclopédie d’Économie Spatiale, Economica, Paris.
Camagni, R. (1996), Principes et Modèles de l’Économie Urbaine, Association de Science Régionale de Langue Française, Economica, Paris,
Hoover, E.M. and F. Giarratani (1999), An Introduction to Regional Economics, West Virginia University, The WEB Book of Regional Science (http://www.rri.wvu.edu/WebBook).
Isard, W. et al. (1998), Methods of Interregional and Regional Analysis, Ashgate, Aldershot.
McCann, P. (2001), Urban and Regional Economics, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Polèse, M. (1998), Economia Urbana e Regional, Associação Portuguesa para o Desenvolvimento Regional, Coimbra.

Teaching methods and learning activities

In this course we combine e-learning methods with theoretical presentations, as well as with the analysis of practical cases.

Software

Please join us on WEBCT on-line course of Regional Economics at http://vista.up.pt

Evaluation Type

Calculation formula of final grade

Continuous assessment:
1st test - 30%
2nd test - 30%
3rd test - 40%

Classification improvement

On demand