After successful completion of the course, students are able to...

• understand the Basics of regional science
• dicuss the importance of planning for land use decision 
• explain land use decision in agrarian, industrial and service sector
• discuss importance of land rent, costs of transportation, accessability and of agglomeration effects
• describe the role of planning in terms of locational factors and quality of locations
• identfy, evaluate the importance and impact of technological progress land use structure 
• describe models of urban structure and selected driving forces of urban development 
• explain the influence of infrastructure/accessibility and land use regulations on sociospatial structures
• discuss the basic components of regional development: mobility, demographic development
• evaluate relevance of spatial planning for selected questions

understanding of regional science; terminology; allocation of activities and land use; meaning of land rent, transportation costs, accessibility and agglomeration effects; area bounded factors and quality of location; urban structure and first models of development; factor mobility and regional  structure;  importance of planning interventions:

course lecture and discussion of important recent trends

Attention!!

The course starts earlier in the morning, already at 8:45 a.m.!!!

written examen with 2 to 3 questions with regrad  to 5 topics. All questions of 4 selected topics must be answered.

A reader with interesting contributions is available in the secretariat of SRF.