Duration
25h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
(1) The location of economic activities, as well as the secondary sector and the tertiary sector.
(2) The measure of spatial distributions, recent trends in location changes, various methods of analysis as well as the operational methods of location choices.
(3) The retail, public services, tourism and services to firms.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The first objective of the course is to provide the theoretical knowledge of urban geography and the major principles and theories related to the issue of economic activity location (for both industries and services).
The objective of the course is also to learn how to use that knowledge in order to improve their competencies in the analysis of main urban issues (planning, development, segregation...).
The aim of the course is also to initiate the future geographers with the major principles and theories related with the issue of economic activity location (for both industries and services). The aim of the course is also to prepare the students to solve concrete location problems encountered as well by the companies as by the planners and the development agencies.
The course must also allow the students to reframe the policy debates in the field of economic activities: delocalisation, territorial dualisation (wining regions versus losing regions), industrial policy (poles of competitiveness, clusters...).
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Geographical dynamics of contemporary global issues (GEOG2014-1)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures with the professor : mixt of presentations and exchanges on both, the main theories of economic geography and the issue of urban territories.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face
Recommended or required readings
Presentations, bibliography, scientific articles and various illustrations available on MyULg.
Textbooks : Mérenne-Schoumaker, La localisation des industries. Enjeux et dynamiques, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, Didact Géographie, 2011.
Mérenne-Schoumaker, Géographie des services et des commerces, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, Didact Géographie, 2008.
Oral exam on the lectures in 20 minutes (with a 20 minutes written preparation)
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
Guénaël Devillet, Institut de Géographie, Sart-Tilman, B11 - 4000 Liège Phone : 04/366 5554 e-mail : g.devillet@uliege.be