Economic Geography

Economic Geography

Major Courses

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School of Economics and Management

2Year

KCCBG2MCA1

2.00Credits

講義 (Lecture)

Spring semester 2026

(Spring semester)

和田 真理子

School of Economics and Management

English

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12:15-13:00, Wednesday (with an appointment on the UNIPA)
Research Ⅱ Building, 204

Class profile on the UNIPA

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Purpose:
Students learn the principles of economic geography and broaden their knowledge about the background of industrial location and urban problems.

Achievement:
Students will be able to explain the basic concepts of economic geography, apply them to explain real industrial location, urban structure and etc.
Students will be able to find and explain characteristics and trends from graphs and tables about geographical phenomenon.
Students will be able to make original diagrams of the structure of their familiar cities/towns and give presentations.

Subtitle: Theoretical understanding of industrial location, urban structure and agglomeration
Keywords: location theory, urban structure, urban proplem, agglomeration

This course provides students with an introduction to economic geography.
Students will be able to deeply understand the background of real industrial location and urban development, structure and policies.

1. Introducing economic geography
2. Location theory(1)
3. Location theory(2)
4. Location theory(3)
5. Urban economic geography(1)
6. Urban economic geography(2)
7. Urban economic geography(3)
8. Presentation and discussion(1)
9. Presentation and discussion(2)
10. Presentation and discussion(3)
11. The importance of place(1)
12. The importance of place(2)
13. The importance of place(3)
14. Urban policy and planning(1)
15. Urban policy and planning(2)

Reports and presentation slides are supposed to be written by the students
themselves and cannot be written solely by using the generative AI.

In-person

• In-person classes only
• Not subject to the cap on distance-education credits

Limited permission for use

When using generative AI, please pay attention to the contents described in “Guidelines on the Use of
Generative AI in Education at the University of Hyogo (For Students)”
In this course, the use of generative AI is permitted only within the following scope, and use
beyond this scope is prohibited.
Students must follow the instructions of the instructor regarding the use of generative AI. If it is
found that generative AI has been used beyond the scope approved by the instructor, credits may not
be granted or may be revoked. It is important to verify factual accuracy and check/add sources and
references for any content generated by AI. Submitting AI-generated output directly as assignments or
reports is strictly prohibited.
<Permitted Scope>
Summarizing lecture materials, drafting assignments/reports, translation and proofreading of documents

Reference will be specified when necessary.

Aoyama, Y. Murphy, J. T. and Hanson, S. (2011) Key Concepts in Economic Geography. SAGE puplications.
MacKinnon, D and Cumbers, A. (2019) An Intreduction to Economic Geography. 3rd edition. Routlege.

Supplementary materials are provided in class.

Reading the class materials prior to class (15h)
Creating short reports (5-6 times, 15h)
Creating a presentation (15h)
Review the class materials (15h)

 

All students must give one presentation and participate in the question-and-answer session.

Students will be graded from an “S” to a “C” based on the achievement of the course mentioned above.

Grading criteria:
Short reports on each topic (5-6 times)
     Number of submissions: 20%
     Contents: 20%            
Presentation and discussion: 30%
Final exam: 30%

The lecturer uses some excellent reports as examples to illustrate the evaluation methods.
The lecturer comments on each presentation in class.

Students are encouraged to read the materials prior to class.

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担当教員は、インナーシティや中心市街地、古いニュータウンなど都市の局地的衰退問題の分析と再生策を研究テーマとしている。