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Course: Theories of Regional Development

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Course title Theories of Regional Development
Course code FES/HTRV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 15
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Macháček Jaroslav, prof. Ing. CSc.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Demonstration
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to meet students with the main theoretical trends, in which spatial relations play a significant role in both the explicit regional theories and general theories where spatial economic relations are included.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination, Home assignment evaluation, Student performance assessment

Recommended literature
  • BLAŽEK,J ? UHLÍŘ, D. Teorie regionálního rozvoje. Praha: Karolinum, 2011. ISBN 978-80-8078-362-4.
  • CAPELLO, R. ? NIJKAMP,P. Handbook of Regional Growth and Development Theories;. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978 1 84720 206 3.
  • CAPELLO, R. Regional Economics. London: Routledge, 2014. ISBN 978-0-415-39520-5.
  • ČADIL, J. Regionální ekonomie. Praha: C.H.Beck, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7400-191-8.
  • DINC, M. Introduction to Regional Economic Development. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015. ISBN 978 1 78536 134 0.
  • KOLEKTIV. Úvod do regionálních věd a veřejné správy. 2004. ISBN 80-86473-80-5.
  • MACHÁČEK, J. ? TOTH, P. ? WOKOUN, R. Regionální a municipální ekonomie. Praha: Oeconomica, 2011. ISBN 978-80-245-1836-7.
  • McCANN, P. Urban and Regional Economics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0-19-877645-1.
  • VITURKA, M. et al. Regionální rozvoj, politika a správa, Díl 1: Regionální rozvoj. Brno: Masarykova universita, 2015.


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