Economics and territorial analysis

Course objectives

The course aims to provide students the theoretical, methodological and practical tools needed to understand the spatial and geographical organization of the economy. It will focus on the most recent advancements in the field of economic geography about the following themes: regional development and regional inequality; the logic and geography of firms’ location; the spatiality of local and global economic networks; the relation between innovation, technology and geographical space; business clusters and learning regions; the economic geography of cities; economic policies and space. The course will include seminars and workshops. In the workshops, students will learn how to use geographical information systems, how to manage and analyze spatial data and to produce thematic maps.

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Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
First part: 1. Regional development, inequalities, and agglomeration. 2. Accessibility, centrality, networks, and hierarchies. 3 Cities, urbanization, and land rent. 4. Specialization, clusters, and the spatiality of economic relations. 5. Innovation, territory, and regional innovation systems. 6. Globalization, value chains, and regional development. Second part (workshops): A. Introduction to geographic information systems and spatial analysis. B. Spatial data: specificities, sources, methods. C. Introduction to spatial statistics, clustering, and autocorrelation.
Prerequisites
None
Books
See above
Frequency
In presence
Exam mode
Oral. For students who attend the laboratory, this will end with a practical test in the classroom.
Bibliography
Not available
Lesson mode
Lectures and lab.
  • Lesson code10616771
  • Academic year2025/2026
  • CourseEconomics
  • CurriculumEconomia politica
  • Year2nd year
  • Semester1st semester
  • SSDM-GGR/02
  • CFU6