11956 (v.4) Location of Economic Activity 301

Area:

School of Information Systems

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Seminar:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

1234 (v.4) Economics 100 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Early location models and contributions of later location theorists. Relationship between transport mobility, economic growth and location of economic activity. Demand factor and factors of location and location models. Economic base, impact, facility location studies and regional analysis. Location decisions including government influence.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

010100 Mathematical Sciences (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

04 - Mathematics, Statistics

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Open University HK	Trimester 1A	Y
2007	S'pore Inst Mtls Mgt	Trimester 1A	Y
2007	UHK SPACE CIDP	Trimester 1A	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External