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Upon completion, you should have a basic understanding as to how
society organizes its economic activities in space, how interregional
differences in economic wellbeing may come about, and how such
processes affect your own daily life and professional prospects.
This course will introduce you to basic concepts, explanations,
analytical & project management tools, and information resources
in Economic and Business Geography. These introductory
overviews are provided in the context of selected current issues
and trends affecting our daily lives at local to global levels.
Through project-related assignments, we also have specific
opportunities to relate these ideas and skills to your personal,
academic and professional interests.
Upon completion, you should have a basic understanding as to how society organizes its economic activities in space, how interregional differences in economic wellbeing may come about, and how such processes affect your own daily life and professional prospects. You should have developed some basic conceptual, analytical, research, writing and presentation skills useful for pursuing interests not just in geography but also in all other social sciences, business, urban planning and other fields. You will have had opportunities to expand your knowledge as to how information is organized and accessed in the social sciences, via the Internet and other modes. In addition to developing your information skills, you will have been exposed to various modes of inter-personal communications and collaborative teamwork in the context of class interactions and projects.
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topHello everyone, Professor Krumme. My name is Michalis Avraam and I am a 3rd year student at the University of Washington, majoring in Geography, concentrating on GIS, with an interest in Political and Economic Geography as well. I have taken various Geography classes all aiming to fulfill my curiosity in Geography.
I am an International Student, coming from Cyprus (a small island in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea), which provides me with an adequate background to compare and contrast the different approaches to Economic Development. I would be more than happy to share my own experiences with anyone interested in the subject.
My expectation from this class is to gain a basic understanding of how economics blend with space and this can be used in a geographic context using technology (mainly GIS).
I have previous programming experience in various programming, scripting and formatting languages, including C, C++, Perl, bash, (X)-HTML and LaTeX. I am also willing to help anyone that needs some help, even though I have a tight schedule.
I do plan to attend all lectures, of course if the circumstances permit it. The fact that I have a class before this may delay me for a few minutes, and I hope that will not cause an inconvenience to anyone.
Overall, I am glad I am taking this class and I am looking forward in working with all of you in the near future.
Economic Geography, as all concentration of Geography, has seen many changes through the past century. Many aspects has changed as the world moved to a more globalized world system with the help of technological breakthroughs. Those very technological breakthroughs did not just change the way we study Economic Geography, they changed the world economy itself. Whether you want to look at production means, trade means or even ways to exchange capital and ideas, the change of the past century has been bigger that the change of the last millenium. This evident in the corresponding textbooks concerning Economic Geography, therefore I will study three of them at various stages of the past century and indicate the changes. [read more...]
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