Module Catalogue 2024/25

GEO8002 : Local and Regional Development Theory and Policy (Inactive)

GEO8002 : Local and Regional Development Theory and Policy (Inactive)

  • Inactive for Year: 2024/25
  • Module Leader(s): Professor Andy Pike
  • Owning School: Geography, Politics & Sociology
  • Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters

Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.

Semester 1 Credit Value: 20
ECTS Credits: 10.0
European Credit Transfer System
Pre-requisite

Modules you must have done previously to study this module

Pre Requisite Comment

N/A

Co-Requisite

Modules you need to take at the same time

Co Requisite Comment

N/A

Aims

•       To develop an advanced knowledge and understanding of local and regional development theory.
•       To develop an advanced knowledge and understanding of local and regional policies and their inter-relations to local and regional development theories.
•       To highlight an awareness of the role of local and regional development practitioners and professionals in local and regional development, governance, policy and practice.

Local and regional development theory and policy have undergone substantial changes in recent decades. Spatial inequalities remain a persistent concern in a more complex and uncertain context shaped by (de)globalisation, innovation and the knowledge economy, sustainability and inter-territorial competition in the global North and South. The global financial crisis, recession, recovery, and geopolitical change and turbulence have posed fundamental questions about growth, jobs, investment, the role of states and public expenditure. The definition and meaning of 'development' in localities and regions has been questioned, and broader approaches connecting economic, social and environmental concerns have been sought. This module engages with the existing and emergent approaches to local and regional development to promote knowledge and understanding of theory and policy, and their inter-relations in an international context.

Outline Of Syllabus

Local and Regional Development
Traditional Approaches: Neo-classical and Keynesian
New Approaches I
New Approaches II
New Approaches III
Project Topic Advice
Institutions: Government and Governance
Mobilising Indigenous Potential
Attracting and Embedding Exogenous Resources
Project Presentations I

Learning Outcomes

Intended Knowledge Outcomes

•       An advanced knowledge and understanding of local and regional development theory.
•       An advanced knowledge and understanding of local and regional policies and their inter-relations to local and regional development theories.
•       An awareness of the role of local and regional development practitioners and professionals in local and regional development, governance, policy and practice.

Intended Skill Outcomes

•       The ability critically to engage with contemporary local and regional development theory and the development, potential and problems of contemporary approaches to local and regional development policy.
•       The ability to solve problems.
•       The ability to synthesise and present local and regional development data and to interpret and analyse its significance.
•       The ability critically to select and access relevant and appropriate information and data resources within the Robinson library and on-line.
•       Practical experience of local and regional development theory, policy and practice through the analysis of case studies and field study visits.
•       The ability to communicate by means of well prepared, clear and confident (oral) presentations and concise, well written documents,
•       The ability to utilise library, information and IT resources skilfully and appropriately
•       The ability to plan, organise and prioritise work activities and manage time effectively.
•       The ability to work independently and in groups with initiative and solve problems.

Teaching Methods

Teaching Activities
Category Activity Number Length Student Hours Comment
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesSmall group teaching122:0024:00N/A
Guided Independent StudyIndependent study1176:00176:00N/A
Total200:00
Teaching Rationale And Relationship

•       Introduction of contemporary local and regional development theory, policy and governance.
•       Interactive, student-focused seminar modes, including discussion of taught and read material, individual and/or group (research-based) projects and presentations, case study analyses, and external (practitioner) speakers
•       Involvement in field study visits to case study institutions and projects.

Reading Lists

Assessment Methods

The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners

Exams
Description Length Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Oral Presentation201M20Individual oral presentation to be scheduled by School.
Other Assessment
Description Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Essay1M803200 Word Individual Project
Assessment Rationale And Relationship

•       The individual project assesses the student’s ability to deliver through a written project a coherent, reasoned and critical argument of length developed from extensive reading and discussion. The oral presentation of this project assesses the student’s ability to communicate and present the contents of the project

Timetable

Past Exam Papers

General Notes

N/A

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