COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NEW POLICIES - NEW DYNAMICS IN THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 5041 NEW POLICIES - NEW DYNAMICS IN THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NESLIHAN KARATAŞ

Offered to

M.Sc. City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning (Non-Thesis)
City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course aims at evaluating development strategies from framework of the new local and regional development dynamics, learning shifting development paradigms, the changing approaches in local and regional development, new regionalism, globalization - localization and processes of restructuring, new concepts (new industrial centers, industrial clusters, techno-parks, learning regions, inventive capacities, innovation, innovation systems, the new economy, creative economy, competitiveness and competitive regions and cities, networks approach and network-cities, new economic geography, local economic development strategies etc.) and samples of success

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will be able to explain changing development paradigms and new regional approaches
2   will be able to recognize new dynamics and new concepts that emerge in regional development
3   will be able to interpret the changing Industrial policies in the World and Türkiye
4   will be able to reveal the new industrial zones, industrial clusters and importance in regional development and competitiveness of cities
5   will be able to evaluate new urban and regional approaches

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Changing in the development paradigms
2 The changing approaches in the local and regional development
3 Competitiveness strategies and industrial clustering Homework topics will be handed out in this week
4 Industrial clustering and importance in regional development
5 Local economic development strategies: Samples of success in industrial clusters
6 Competitive cities and competitive regions
7 Midterm Examination
8 The changing industrial politics in the world and Türkiye
9 Organized industrial zones and the special economy zones
10 Restructuring processes and new concepts: Technology areas - learning regions
11 Restructuring processes and new concepts: Inventive capabilities, innovation, innovation systems,
12 Restructuring processes and new concepts: The new economy, creative economy
13 Restructuring processes and new concepts: The new economic geography, the new regionalism
14 Restructuring processes and new concepts: Networks approach and network-cities Students will submit their homework in this week

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): 1. Porter, M. (1990). The competitive advantage of nations. Amerika Birleşik Devletleri: The Free Pres.
2. Cooke, P. (2002). Knowledge economies; Clusters, learning and cooperative advantage, New York U.S.A.: Taylor and Francis Book Ltd.
3. Capello, Roberta ve Nijkamp, Peter (Edt.) (2009), Handbook of Regional Growth and Development theories , USA - UK , Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.
4. Karataş, Neslihan (2006), Yeni Bir Kümeleşme Modeli Olarak Organize sanayi Bölgelerinin Yeniden Örgütlenmesi (Izmir-Çiğli AOSB Örneği), Izmir, Eker Matbaacılık.
Supplementary Book(s):
1. Eraydın, A. (2002). Yeni sanayi odakları: Yerel kalkınmanın yeniden kavramlaştırılması. Ankara: ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi Yayınları.
2. Rutten, Roel ve Boekoma Frans (Edt.) (2007), The Learning Region , USA - UK , Edward Elgar Publishing Limited.
3. Martin, Ron, Kitson Michael ve Tyler, Peter (2008), Regional Competitivness , London and New York, Routledge Taylor&Francis Group.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures. Students will learn topics by attending and listening the lectures. Homeworks will be given to students and they will be asked to prepare their homeworks on the subjects given to them.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 +ASG * 0.20 +FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Explaining, recognizing will be measured by midterm examination.
Interpreting, revealing will be measured by homework.
Evaluating will be measured by final examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be given through lectures and discussions over reading list.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

neslihan.karatas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 10.30-12.00; Thursday 10.30-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 50 50
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 141

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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