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| SBP2020 | Urban and Regional Economics | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of URBAN and REGIONAL PLANNING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Ersin TÜRK | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To analyze economic structure of urban and region, and to recognized problems that are economic nature, and to discuss possible solutions to these problems. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Explain the concepts of urban region, settlement hierarchy, vertical/horizontal relations of sectors, etc. | 5 - 8 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | Select and apply economic analytical techniques appropriate to the study area in question | 5 - 8 | 1, | | LO - 3 : | Analyze economic sectors of city/region, interrelations of sectors, their potentials/constraints and in doing so can use suitable techniques | 5 - 8 | 1, | | LO - 4 : | Explain location demand of various sector and its logic. He/she can relate change in location demand characteristics and globalisation, technology, production type, etc. | 5 - 8 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Location of urban and regional activities with respect to regional resources, transport, scale economies, externalities and policies, and changing production technologies-fordist versus post fordist; Measures of local comparative advantage and specialization; Spatial markets; Effect of regional and sector growths on urbanization; Techniques of urban/regional economic analysis; Public-private partnership in urban economic development. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Economy and introduction to urban economy | | | Week 2 | Read urban fact and its evolution from economic viewpoint
| | | Week 3 | Location theories
| | | Week 4 | Continue | | | Week 5 | Settlement hierarchy and networks | | | Week 6 | Economics of Proper | | | Week 7 | Transportation economics | | | Week 8 | Analysis of urban economic structure | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Continue; Analysis of urban economic structure | | | Week 11 | Practice- Related to the techniques of urban economic structure analysis
| | | Week 12 | Shift Share Analysis - Practice | | | Week 13 | Practice | | | Week 14 | Practice | | | Week 15 | Overall evaluation of the term | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Ertürk, H., 1995, Kent Ekonomisi, Ekin Yayınevi, Bursa | | | 2 | Kılıçaslan, İ, 2002, Kentleşmenin Ekonomik Yönleri, İTÜ Matbaası, İstanbul | | | 3 | Eraydın, A., 1992, Post Fordizm ve ve Değişen Mekansal Öncelikler, ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi, Ankara | | | |
| 1 | Tümertekin, E., Özgüç, N., 1999, "Sanayi Kuruluş Yeri Teorileri", Ekonomik Coğrafya, Çantay | | | 2 | Dökmeci, V., 2005, Planlamada Sayısal Yöntemler, İTÜ, İstanbul | | | 3 | Hewings, G., 1977, Regional Industrial Analysis and Development, Palgrave | | | 4 | Taha, H. A., 2009, Yöneylem Araştırması, Literatür Yayınları, İstanbul (6.basımdan çeviri) | | | 5 | Aydemir E., S., Aydemir, Ş., 2004, "Kent Ağları: Gelişme Stratejisi: Trabzon-Rize Yoğunluk Bandı Örneği", 11. Ulusal Bölge Bilimi/Bölge Planlama Kongresi, KTÜ, Trabzon, Bildiriler, s. 217-227 | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 15/04/2025 | 1 | 50 | | Practice | 10
11 | 22/04/2025
29/04/2025 | 3
3 | 0 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 19/06/2025 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 11 | 33 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 5 | 10 | 50 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 6 | 1 | 6 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Uygulama | 3 | 3 | 9 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 18 | 1 | 18 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 120 |
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