Economic Geography GS3026

A concept and scope of economic geography.
Location and spatial organization of economic activities.
Geographical environment and natural resources.
Finance capital as a factor of economic growth.
Macroeconomic aspects of consumption.
Demographics processes; Human resources and social capital.
Exploitation of natural resources – agriculture and forestry.
Exploitation of natural resources – mining of minerals.
Industrial production.
Trade and services .
Economic growth and development; social and economic measures of growth.
Settlement system.
Economic regionalisation and local economic development.
International economic integration.
State, global economy and geopolitics: Pros and cons of globalization.

Coe N., Kelly P., Yeung H., Economic Geography: A Contemporary Introduction, Wiley-Blackwell 2007"