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The courses listed under this concentration are offered periodically, and not necessarily on a quarterly or annual basis.

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PUB PLC M240: Theories of Regional Economic Development (4)
Introduction to theories of location of economic activity, trade, and other forms of contact between regions, process of regional growth and decline, reasons for different levels of economic development, relations between more and less developed regions. Letter grading. Prof. Michael Storper

PUB PLC M241: Introduction to Regional Planning: Evolution of Regional Planning Doctrines (4)
Critical and historical survey of evolution of regional planning theory and practice, with particular emphasis on relations between regional planning and developments within Western social and political philosophy. Major concepts include regions and regionalism, territorial community, and social production of space. Letter grading. Prof. Edward Soja

PUB PLC M242: Global City-Regions: Analytical and Policy Issues (4)
Survey of regional development, with special reference to "new economic geography" and its relevance for formulation of local economic development policies. Letter grading. Prof. Allen J. Scott

PUB PLC M280B: Growth, Science and Technology (4)
Economic growth and change. Role of advances in science and technology, and actions of maximizing innovators and factors impinging on their behavior. How technological breakthroughs (or discontinuities) can form new industries or transform nature of and population of firms in existing industries. S/U or letter grading. Prof. Michael Darby

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