URBAN AND REGIONAL ECONOMICS
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2022/2023
- Teacher
- MARIANNA GILLI
- Credits
- 8
- Didactic period
- Primo Semestre
- SSD
- SECS-P/02
Training objectives
- The main objective of the course is to provide the indispensable knowledge in the field of regional and urban economy, making use of the main theoretical models developed in the context of regional science and analyzed according to an organic logical structure.
The illustration of the models will proceed through a distinction of the models according to the characteristics of the spatial dimension considered. In addition, an in-depth analysis will be provided on fundamental aspects of the environmental economics linked to the territory, with a specific focus on the circular economy.
At the end of the course, the student is able to examine the main recent results of the analysis of the territory, with particular reference to the socio-economic imbalances and environmental aspects of the regions and cities.
To this end the course aims to transmit the following skills and knowledge, so that the student:
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ABILITY
- Analyses the regional growth model
- Interprets the regional growth model
- Analyses the local development model
- Interprets the local development model
- Analyses the theoretical developments of the urban economics
- Recognizes and interprets the theoretical models of urban economics
- Recognizes and interprets how to evaluate social and environmental costs and benefits related to the implementation of public and private projects at local level.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING (applied)
- Derives regional and local growth models, including those concerning the urban economics
- Uses analytical models and graphical analysis to understand and
interpret the phenomena related to the urban and regional economics
- Determines, directly or indirectly, the willingness to pay of residents of a territory and, hence, benefits and costs linked to public or private projects.
AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT
- Ties economic models to potential regional and local policies
- Identifies the consequences of economic policies on the regional market
- Develops (also in oral form) an independent speech on the main regional and urban economics topics
- Understands and discusses the impact of implementing a public or private project on the territory and local community
COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
- uses the technical language of the economy to describe the phenomena of the urban and regional economics, as well as the aspects of the environmental economics related to the territory
ABILITY TO LEARN
- carries out individual and group research on specific aspects of the discipline
- compares his/her skills with recent approaches to the subject Prerequisites
- Although not compulsory, the following courses are suggested: Economics I and II; Mathematics
Course programme
- PART I
Economic analysis of the territory. Theoretical and methodological aspects.
The first part of the course will aim to provide the analytical and interpretative bases of the urban and regional economy, including the preparatory elements and the main definitions:
- Preparatory elements and definitions
- Localization theories
- Theoretical analysis of regional development: e.g. territorial competitiveness, agglomeration economies, innovation and proximity
- Elements of urban economics
PART II
Fundamental aspects of the environmental economy in local contexts, with specific focus on the circular economy.
The second part of the course will provide insights on the following topics:
- Environmental regulation
- Environmental assessment Didactic methods
- The course is made by 56 hours of lessons coupled with general discussions and interactions between professor and students, which will be provided according to the Departmental rules (http://www.unife.it/economia/economia/studiare/calendario-lezioni)
The first 42 hours will be dedicated to the first part of the programme (regional and urban economic models); the remaining 14 hours will be devoted to the second part (in-depth analysis of environmental issues related to the territory).
It is also planned to deliver a seminar series by Prof. Aurelio Bruzzo on topics of transportation economics, environmental economics, production specialization of regional enterprises and additional aspects that fall under the regional science.
Teaching methods may be subject to change depending on contingent conditions that may arise Learning assessment procedures
- The aim of the examination is to verify the achievement of the previously indicated educational objectives.
Given the objectives and aims of the discipline the most appropriate way to verify the learning process is a written examination.
The latter is composed by two sections. The first is constituted by closed questions (8) on a vast array of topics and has the aim of capturing the overall students' knowledge of the discipline. The second is composed by open questions (2), which provide information on the capacity of the student of elaborating and analysing economic phenomena related to the urban and regional economy through the use of the tools provided during the frontal lessons. Each of the closed questions is assigned 4 points if correct, 0 if left blank or if not correct: the total mark for the first part of the examination is of 32 points if all the answers are correct. Each of the open questions is assigned 16 points if the answers are detailed, exhaustive, correct and developed through the use of an adequate terminology: the total mark for the second part of the examination is of 32 points. The final score is obtained from the scores average of the first and second part of the exam.
The exam length will be of 40 minutes.
The examination procedure allows to probe "the knowledge" and the "know-how" (Dublin Descriptors 1 and 2) of the student in addition to the clarity of the exposition and technical-language competencies.
Same examination modalities for students attending the lessons and students that do not attend the lessons.
The aforementioned examination method will be maintained both in the case of remote examination and in the case of face-to-face examination (see the Department site http://www.unife.it/economia/economia/studiare/calendario-lezioni for updated information on online or face-to-face exams) Reference texts
- Main textbooks for the first part of the course:
Economia Regionale, Roberta Capello, ilMulino, Bologna, 2015 II Edizione
Analisi economica del territorio, Letture sulla scienza economica regionale (3rd Edition by A. Bruzzo), Aracne Editrice Int.le, Roma, March 2015.
Main textbooks for the second part of the course:
I. Musu "Introduzione all'economia dell'ambiente" (il Mulino), chapter 1, 2 e 3;
Further readings will be suggested during the course
