ADVANCED EDUCATION PROGRAM
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
INTRODUCTION
Nguyen Hoang Nam, PhD
Email: nguyenhoangnam275@gmail.com
Hanoi, 2019
Nguyen Hoang Nam Introduction
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A brief history of the subject
Teaching arrangements & Learning resources
Learning effectively in this subject
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❑ Have you ever questioned?
❑ A brief history of the subject
❑ Teaching arrangements & Learning resources
❑ Learning effective in this subject
Nguyen Hoang Nam Introduction
Have you ever questioned?
A brief history of the subject
Teaching arrangements & Learning resources
Learning effectively in this subject
Have you ever questioned?
Nguyen Hoang Nam Introduction
Have you ever questioned?
A brief history of the subject
Teaching arrangements & Learning resources
Learning effectively in this subject
Have you ever questioned?
Why more people live near the coast?
Nguyen Hoang Nam Introduction
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and higher GDP density?
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A brief history of the subject
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Have you ever questioned?
Nguyen Hoang Nam Introduction
Have you ever questioned?
A brief history of the subject
Teaching arrangements & Learning resources
Learning effectively in this subject
Have you ever questioned?
Nguyen Hoang Nam Introduction
Have you ever questioned?
A brief history of the subject
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Learning effectively in this subject
Have you ever questioned?
Nguyen Hoang Nam Introduction
Have you ever questioned?
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Have you ever questioned?
Why do competitors open
stores next to each others?
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❑ The earliest analysis on the
effect of distance on patterns
of land use to maximize
economic benefits
❑ To develop models to predict
how economic activities
might be arranged in space
(location)
Johann Heinrich von
Thünen (1783-1850)
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“Economic geography is the study of the location,
distribution and spatial organization of economic
activities across the space” (Clark et al., 2003)
Geographical economics aims to explain why economic
activities choose to establish themselves in some
particular places
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Learning and teaching activities Assessment
Class Topics
methods
[1] [2] [4] [5]
Textbook, Chapter 1, page 3-23; Read
Introduction to Economic carefully the syllabus provided;
Geography Group formulation for teamwork;
Questions &
Week 1 Introduce to learning Group discussion
discussion
materials, Facebook group of Watch video: Why do competitors
the class and TURNITIN open their stores next to one
another? - Jac de Haan
Textbook, Chapter 2, page 27-50
Watch video: Geography and
What is economy and the Questions and
Week 2 Economic Growth
role of economic geography discussion
Group discussion
1st Group presentation
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Textbook, Chapter 3 + 4, page 55-119
Making the (Spatial) and page 8-11
Questions and
Week 3 Economy and the details of Watch video: Das Thünen-Modell
discussion
Von-Thunen Model Group discussion
2rd Group presentation
Textbook, Chapter 3 + 4, page 55-119
and page 8-11
Von-Thunen Model exercises Group exercises Questions and
Week 4
and GIS Watch video: Introduction to GIS discussion
(Geographic Information Systems)
3th Group presentation
Guest lecture “International
experience on the application of
Questions and
Week 5 Mid-term test in class economic geography”
discussion
Mid-term test (1 hour)
4th Group presentation
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Textbook, Chapter 5, page 123-150
Environment/Economy: Can Questions and
Week 6 Group discussion
nature be a commodity? discussion
5th Group presentation
Textbook, Chapter 6, page 154-183
Labor Power: Can workers Watch video: How the World of Work
Questions and
Week 7 shape economic is Changing
discussion
geographies? Group discussion
6th Group presentation
Textbook, Chapter 7, page 187-216
Making money: Why has
Watch video: Financialization Questions and
Week 8 finance become so powerful?
Group discussion discussion
7th Group presentation
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Textbook, Chapter 8, page 223-256
Watch Documentary: Food, Inc (2008)
Commodity (Supply) chain:
Questions and
Week 9 Where does our breakfast Watch video: Value Chain Analysis
discussion
come from?
Group Discussion
8th Group presentation
Technological Change: Is the
Textbook, Chapter 9, page 261-290 Questions and
Week 10 world getting Smaller?
Subject revision discussion
Subject revision
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❑ Course requirement
▪ Attendance and participation: 10%
▪ Group report and presentation: 20%
▪ Midterm exam: 20%
▪ Final exam: 50%
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Learning resources
❑ Textbook
Coe, N. M., Kelly, P. F., & Yeung, H.
W.-C. (2007). Economic geography:
a contemporary introduction (2rd
ed.). New Jersey: Wiley.
❑ Turnitin
❑ Facebook group
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To perform successfully in this subject it is recommended
that you:
1. Regularly attend lectures with pre-reading of
materials
2. Prepare for group work
3. Maintain a regular study schedule.
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