Urban and Regional Economics

Code:

1EC402

Acronym:

ERU

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Economics

Instance: 2017/2018 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Agrupamento Científico de Economia
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Economics

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LECO	94	Bologna Syllabus since 2012	3	-	3	42	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Regional and Urban Economics aim to introduce space in economic analysis.  It will give students new concepts and tools that allow them to deal with space in economic analysis.

 

Learning outcomes and competences

Theoretical training and learning methods of regional analysis that enables them to make a spatial reading of economic reality.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

N

Program

1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Space and economic theory 1.2. The space of analysis: Concepts and methods of regional analysis 2. BACKGROUND TO REGIONAL ECONOMICS: LOCATION THEORY 2.1. The Von Thünen’s model 2.2. Industrial location: Weber’s model 2.3. Market areas and Spatial competition 3. THE CITY AS A SYSTEM OF URBAN CENTRES 3.1. Concept of city 3.2. Urbanization 3.3. Determinants of city formation 3.4. Central place theory and urban hierarchy 4. LAND RENT AND THE USE OF URBAN SOIL 4.1. Concept of urban rent 4.2. The model of family location 4.3. The location of economic activities within the city 4.4. Land uses in the city 5. REGIONAL AND URBAN POLICIES 5.1. Regional policy 5.2. Urban policies

Mandatory literature

José da Silva Costa, Peter Nijkamp, Tomaz Ponce Dentinho (coord.); Compêndio de economia regional, Principia, 2009. ISBN: (E/k5/ 359(6))
P. McCann; Urban and Regional Economics, Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN: 0-19-877645-4

Complementary Bibliography

A. O’Sullivan; Urban Economics, Irwin, Chicago, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-07-298476-7(13)
Brakman, S., H. Garretsen, C. van Marrewijk; The new introduction to geographical economics, Cambridge University Press, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-521-87532-5
E.M. Hoover, F. Giarratani; An Introduction to Regional Economics, West Virginia University, 1999

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and pratical lessons

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Teste	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	42,00
Frequência das aulas	42,00
Trabalho de investigação	10,00
Total:	94,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Homework (20%) + 1st test (40%, Chapters 1 and 2) + 2nd test (40%, remain chapters)

Minimumscore in each teste: 6,0