Real Estate Development and Development

Urban Economics

Release Date: 2017-09-22

1.Basic Course Information

Course code: 152463
Course Name: Urban Economics
Course type: specialty course
Periods: 48
Credits: 3
Targets students: Undergraduate and Graduate majoring in Economics and Public Administration
Assessment : Examination
Preparatory Course: Economics

2.Brief Course Introduction

Urban Economics is a interdisciplinary course that blends economics, management, and geography, and is a basic course for public administration professionals. This course focuses on Industrial distribution, land, housing, infrastructure, environment, planning and management from the economic Perspective. It introduces frontier theoretical and academic literature of this discipline to inspire students to use the economic analysis methods and techniques, pay attention and actively study the law of urban development and various problems in the urbanization process of China. By Combing the process of urban development and urban problems around us, This course aims to broaden the horizons of students and cultivate students' learning and research interests, develop good thinking habits,  and lay a solid foundation and right direction for a follow-up study and research.