Economic Development Planning

Catalog description

This course is concerned with the spatial patterns of economic activities, including production, consumption, and settlement. It provides an understanding of their location and the processes of change. The course is both international and place-based in scope, with an emphasis on economic concepts and the global economy, and the local impacts of global economic forces, as well as the role that the local public sector plays in generating economic development (jobs, employment, and tax base). The class is geared both to students interested in exploring the role of the public sector in facilitating private sector investment and those interested in preparing themselves for a career position in planning, economic development, real estate, or public policy in general.