COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR NESLIHAN ÜNVERDI

Offered to

M.Sc. City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning (Non-Thesis)
City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course aims at evaluating development strategies from framework of the new local and regional development dynamics, learning shifting development paradigms, the changing approaches in local and regional development, new regionalism, globalization - localization and processes of restructuring, new concepts (new industrial centers, industrial clusters, techno-parks, learning regions, inventive capacities, innovation, innovation systems, the new economy, creative economy, competitiveness and competitive regions and cities, networks approach and network-cities, new economic geography, local economic development strategies etc.) and samples of success

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): 1. Porter, M. (1990). The competitive advantage of nations. Amerika Birleşik Devletleri: The Free Pres.
2. Cooke, P. (2002). Knowledge economies; Clusters, learning and cooperative advantage, New York U.S.A.: Taylor and Francis Book Ltd.
3. Capello, Roberta ve Nijkamp, Peter (Edt.) (2009), Handbook of Regional Growth and Development theories , USA - UK , Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.
4. Karataş, Neslihan (2006), Yeni Bir Kümeleşme Modeli Olarak Organize sanayi Bölgelerinin Yeniden Örgütlenmesi (Izmir-Çiğli AOSB Örneği), Izmir, Eker Matbaacılık.
Supplementary Book(s):
1. Eraydın, A. (2002). Yeni sanayi odakları: Yerel kalkınmanın yeniden kavramlaştırılması. Ankara: ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi Yayınları.
2. Rutten, Roel ve Boekoma Frans (Edt.) (2007), The Learning Region , USA - UK , Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.
3. Martin, Ron, Kitson Michael ve Tyler, Peter (2008), Regional Competitivness , London and New York, Routledge Taylor&Francis Group.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures. Students will learn topics by attending and listening the lectures. Homeworks will be given to students and they will be asked to prepare their homeworks on the subjects given to them.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Explaining, recognizing will be measured by midterm examination.
Interpreting, revealing will be measured by homework.
Evaluating will be measured by final examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be given through lectures and discussions over reading list.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

neslihan.karatas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 10.30-12.00; Thursday 10.30-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes