| Course Unit Code | 118-0501/01 |
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| Number of ECTS Credits Allocated | 5 ECTS credits |
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| Type of Course Unit * | Choice-compulsory |
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| Level of Course Unit * | First Cycle, Second Cycle |
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| Semester when the Course Unit is delivered | Winter Semester |
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
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| Language of Instruction | English |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Requisites | Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) | Personal ID | Name |
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| SUH33 | prof. Ing. Jan Sucháček, Ph.D. |
| Summary |
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| The aim of the subject is to introduce the fundamentals of regional economics. We will concentrate on the principles of location that form spatial economic structures as well as on particular approaches to regional development. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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Students will be able to:
* identify basic approaches to the location of economic activities
* explain the formation of economic structures
* discuss the development of settlement structures
* analyse location decision-making of enterprises and households
* use the methods typical for location decision-making |
| Course Contents |
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1. Location decision-making. Enterprise or household as open systems. Economic milieu.
2. Neo-classical, behavioural and structural approaches to the location. Location factors, their evolution and importance.
3. Neo-classical approach or the importance of transportation costs for location. Transportation costs and price. Optimal location.
4. Transportation costs and spatial monopoly. Price strategies of the spatial monopoly.
5. Organisational structure, technology and location of the enterprise. Location behaviour of big and small enterprises. Theory of production cycle and its spatial aspects. New industry and regional centres of the growth.
6. Interaction of localities. Dispersion and concentration. Mechanisms supporting concentration and dispersion of economic activities. Agglomeration effects and their economic importance. Optimal size of the city.
7. Mutual relations of enterprises and formation of spatial structures.
8. Theory of urban structures. Location decision-making of households.
9. Settlement structure and urban systems. Theory of central places. Theory of urban systems.
10. Models of urban development. Urban structures from an evolutionary perspective.
11. Regions, regionalisation and regionalism. Rank/type differentiation of regions.
12. Regional development. Basic approaches to regional development.
13. Contemporary issues linked with regional development. |
| Recommended or Required Reading |
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| Required Reading: |
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Vanhove, N., Klaassen,L.H. (1987): Regional Policy – A European Approach. Aldershot. Avenbury. Gower Publishing Company Limited, ISBN 0-566-05413-2.
Fothergill, S. – Guy, N. (1990): Retreat from the Regions. London: Jessica Kigsley Publishers, ISBN 1-85302-100-8. |
Vanhove, N., Klaassen,L.H. (1987): Regional Policy – A European Approach. Aldershot. Avenbury. Gower Publishing Company Limited, ISBN 0-566-05413-2.
Fothergill, S. – Guy, N. (1990): Retreat from the Regions. London: Jessica Kigsley Publishers, ISBN 1-85302-100-8.
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| Recommended Reading: |
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Vanhove, N., Klaassen,L.H. (1987): Regional Policy – A European Approach. Aldershot. Avenbury. Gower Publishing Company Limited, ISBN 0-566-05413-2.
Shephard, E., Barnes, T. (eds.) (2003): A Companion to Economic Geography. Oxford. Blackwell Publishers, ISBN 0-631-23579-5.
van Dijk, J, Pellenbarg, P.H. (1999): Demography of Firms. Spatial Dynamics of Firm Behaviour. Groningen: Rijksuniversiteit,
ISBN 90-6809-285-5.
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Shephard, E., Barnes, T. (eds.) (2003): A Companion to Economic Geography. Oxford. Blackwell Publishers, ISBN 0-631-23579-5.
van Dijk, J, Pellenbarg, P.H. (1999): Demography of Firms. Spatial Dynamics of Firm Behaviour. Groningen: Rijksuniversiteit,
ISBN 90-6809-285-5.
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| Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Lectures, Individual consultations |
| Assesment methods and criteria |
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| Tasks are not Defined |