Description
This module examines a number of different perspectives on the economy of cities and regions as these apply to a number of salient trends and features of cities and urbanisation – urban form and structure, specialisation and diversity, agglomeration, suburbanisation, gentrification, the housing crisis, inequality, deindustrialisation and the rise of the creative economy etc.
The module is designed to produce an understanding of:
different perspectives on the economy of cities and regions;
key historical and contemporary developments in the economy of cities and regions;
basic empirical methods for describing the economy of cities and regions;
the relationship between planning, urban policy and urban economies; and
how the various trends and processes in the different subjects covered may vary internationally.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.
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