Economics of Cities and their Regions (BPLN0081)

Key information

Faculty: Faculty of the Built Environment
Teaching department: Bartlett School of Planning
Credit value: 15

Restrictions: This module is only available to Bartlett School of Planning undergraduate students.
Timetable

Alternative credit options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

Description

This module examines a number of different perspectives on the economy of cities and regions as these apply to a number of salient trends and features of cities and urbanisation 鈥� urban form and structure, specialisation and diversity, agglomeration, suburbanisation, gentrification, the housing crisis, inequality, deindustrialisation and the rise of the creative economy etc.

The module is designed to produce an understanding of:
different perspectives on the economy of cities and regions;
key historical and contemporary developments in the economy of cities and regions;
basic empirical methods for describing the economy of cities and regions;
the relationship between planning, urban policy and urban economies; and
how the various trends and processes in the different subjects covered may vary internationally.

Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year

Intended teaching term: Term 1 听听听 Undergraduate (FHEQ Level 5)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study: In person
Methods of assessment: 80% Exam

20% Other form of assessment
Mark scheme: Numeric Marks

The methods of assessment for affiliate students may be different to those indicated above. Please contact the department for more information.

Other information

Number of students on module in previous year: 54
Module leader: Dr Jessica Ferm
Who to contact for more information: bsp.ug@ucl.ac.uk

Last updated

This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.

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Centrally managed exam durations will be provided on students' individual exam timetables. Arrangements for locally managed timed assessments and in-class activity will be confirmed by the teaching department for the module.

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