• introducing the regional development issue;
• studying theories of location of industry and services
• studying theories of the formation of urban systems
• studying models and theories of regional development and economic growth
• reviewing policy and planning paying special attention to the national and European regional policy.
• Analysis and understanding of the functioning of the economy in space.
• Acquisition of the grounding theoretical bases to location and urban systems.
• Acquisition of the grounding theoretical bases to regional growing and development.
• Analysis of regional planning as an implementation process of policies.
• Analysis of European Union regional policy.
The course unit program is divided into four parts:
1 - Issues on Regional Development
2 – Location and urban systems theory
• Industry location
• Services location
• Spatial competition
• The formation of urban systems
• Cities of tomorrow
3 - Theory and models of regional growth
• Models of regional growth
• Models of convergence / divergence
• New economic geography
• Theories of innovation based on territory
• Revisiting theories of regional development
4 - Policy and Planning
• Policy and planning of regional development - the Portuguese case
• Regional policy in the European Union
Required (acquisition by the student))
• SILVA Costa, José; NIJKAMP, Peter (Coord.) (2009). Compêndio de Economia Regional (Vol I) Teoria, Temáticas e Políticas. Principia Editora.
Required (available in the virtual classroom)
COMUNICAÇÃO DA COMISSÃO (2021) relativa ao oitavo relatório sobre a coesão - a coesão na Europa no horizonte de 2050
• Comissão Europeia (2014) Política Regional- Tornar as regiões e as cidades da Europa mais competitivas, promover o crescimento e criar emprego. Coleção «Compreender melhor a UE». ISBN: 978-92-79-41302-5.
• Comissão Europeia (2011) Cidades de Amanhã Desafios, visões e perspectivas. Politica Regional.
E-learning.
Continuous assessment is privileged: 2 or 3 digital written documents (e-folios) during the semester (40%) and a
presence-based final exam (p-folio) in the end of the semester (60%). In due time, students can alternatively choose to perform one
final presence-based exam (100%).
The book “Compêndio de Economia Regional can be purchased online at: www.principia.pt
