Course Title
Topics in English
Description
Students will be able to identify the role of space in economic interactions, recognizing why cities exist where they do, why certain cities and regions are declining in population and output while others are growing. Students will be able to classify the various modes of transportation used by households, industry, the office sector, and the agricultural sector, which will allow them to predict the pattern of land prices extant in a city. They will gain tools to be able to estimate the growth or decline of regions. Students will be able to identify the role of technological innovation in the transformation of the land use patterns of a city. Students will be able to employ the basics of spatial statistics, recognizing the interaction between cities in a region and sectors of an economy within a city. Students have observed problems facing cities; this course will empower them to identify the causes of these problems, including poverty, housing, transportation, education, and crime, and the effects of suburbanization and the coordination problem between local governments. Students will be able to identify various efforts to improve these problems as well as recognize
Subject code
ENG
Course Number
3086
Instruction Mode
In Person