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Gesellschaft, Ökonomie und Raum

Semester: 2. & 3.
Credits: 10 CP
Duration: 2 Semester
Module Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Matthias Kiese
Contact hours: 6 SWS
Selfstudy: 210 h
Group size: 210
Learning Goals

The students get to know basic social and economic structures and processes from a spatial perspective. The first part deals with the essential aspects of global change, the development, distribution and structure of populations. In addition, the basic concepts of social, cultural and political geography as well as the geographical perspectives on the problems of developing countries are introduced. In the second part, a basic understanding of the explanation, description and design of economic structures, interactions and processes (growth and development) on different scales is conveyed.

Contents

Society and Space (2nd semester = summer semester)

Global change and globalization

Distribution, development, structures and movements of population groups

Approaches and concepts of social geography, cultural geography, political geography
and developmental geography

Economics and space (3rd semester = winter semester)

Development, perspectives and building blocks of economic geography

Operational site selection and site theories

Globalization, regionalization and geography of the world economy

Spatial mobility of goods, services and production factors

Measuring and explaining spatial differences in prosperity and growth

Factors influencing regional economic development

Objectives and instruments of spatial economics policy: Objectives, instruments, control levels

Teaching methods

Lecture (2 x 2 SWS) and seminar (2 x 1 SWS)

Mode of assessment

Exam (120 Min.)

Additional Information

Conditions for granting credit points

Regular attendance and passing of the examinations
Attendance is compulsory in accompanying excursions and in seminars accompanying the lecture, in which selected aspects of the lecture are discussed in more detail, but not in lectures and tutorials.

Usage of the module
Compulsory module in the B.Sc. and B.A. course in geography

Stellenwert der Note für die Endnote
According to subject-specific provisions of the GemPO 2016, the module grade contributes 13% to the B.A. geography grade.

Lecturers
Prof. Dr. Matthias Kiese, Prof. Dr. Andreas Farwick, Dr. Judith Wiemann


Courses in Summer Semester 2024

Lecturers:Andreas Farwick, Astrid Seckelmann
Course type:Lecture
Registration:eCampus

Registration for lecture via eCampus from 02.02.-27.03.2024

Courses in Winter Semester 2023-2024

The lecture is available digitally asynchronous in Moodle.

Based on the recording, an interactive face-to-face course based on the inverted classroom model will be offered Tue 12-14.

Lecturers:Matthias Kiese
Course type:Lecture
Registration:eCampus

Registration for the lecture via eCampus from 14.07.-27.09.2023

Examination components:

Written exam

Target audience:

B.Sc./B.A. - compulsory module in the 3rd semester of study

Goals

Students learn about basic economic structures, interactions and processes from a spatial perspective. They acquire a basic understanding of the explanation, description and design of economic structures, interactions and processes (growth and development) at different spatial scale levels.

Content

Lecture and seminar deal with the geography of the world economy, the development and structure of economic geography as well as the description, explanation and design of economic spatial systems. The latter include the spatial distribution of economic activities across locations and regions, interactions in space through the mobility of goods, services and factors of production (labor, capital) as well as spatial disparities in the level of economic development and their change over time (divergence, convergence).

Organization
  • Development, alternative perspectives and building blocks of economic geography.
  • Globalization, regionalization and geography of the world economy
  • Operational location choice and location theories
  • Spatial mobility of goods, services and factors of production (labor, capital, technical knowledge)
  • Measurement and explanation of spatial differences in wealth and growth (disparities, convergence vs. divergence)
  • Factors influencing regional economic development, in particular knowledge- and innovation-based regional development
  • Regional economic integration
  • Objectives and instruments of regional economic policy
  • Regional policy of the EU and the federal and state governments in Germany
Literature

Bathelt, H.; Glückler, J., 2018: Wirtschaftsgeographie: Ökonomische Beziehungen in räumlicher Perspektive. (4. Aufl.). (=UTB, 8217). Stuttgart: Ulmer.

Coe, N.M.; Kelly, P.F.; Yeung, H.W.-C., 2020: Economic Geography. A Contemporary Introduction. (3. Aufl.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.

Dicken, P., 2015: Global Shift: Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy. (7. Aufl.). Los Angeles: Sage.

Farhauer, O.; Kröll, A., 2014: Standorttheorien: Regional- und Stadtökonomik in Theorie und Praxis. (2. Aufl.). Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien.

Haas, H.-D.; Neumair, S.-M., 2015: Wirtschaftsgeographie. (=Geowissen kompakt). (3. Aufl.). Darmstadt: Wiss. Buchges.

Kulke, E., 2017: Wirtschaftsgeographie. (6. Aufl.). (=Grundriss Allgemeine Geographie, UTB 2434). Paderborn u.a.: Schöningh.

Liefner, I.; Schätzl, L., 2017: Theorien der Wirtschaftsgeographie. (11. Aufl.). (=UTB, 782). Paderborn: Schöningh.

Maier, G.; Tödtling, F., 2012: Regional- und Stadtökonomik 1: Standorttheorie und Raumstruktur. (5. Aufl.). Wien: Springer.

Maier, G.; Tödtling, F.; Trippl, M., 2012: Regional- und Stadtökonomik 2: Regionalentwicklung und Regionalpolitik. (4. Aufl.). Wien: Springer.

Schätzl, L., 1994: Wirtschaftsgeographie 3: Politik. (3. Aufl.). (=UTB, 1383). Paderborn, München, Wien u.a.: Schöningh.

Schätzl, L., 2000: Wirtschaftsgeographie 2: Empirie. (3. Aufl.). (=UTB, 1052). Paderborn, München, Wien u.a.: Schöningh.

Lecturers:Judith Wiemann
Course type:Seminar
Registration:eCampus

Registration from 14.07.-18.10.2023 via eCampus