GEPL345 Regional Development Policy
Updated: 20 November 2006| Credit Points | 6 | |||||||||
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| Online level | Level C - Internet access required | |||||||||
| Intensive School(s) | None | |||||||||
| Supervised Exam | None | |||||||||
| Pre-requisites | 12 cp at 100 level | |||||||||
| Co-requisites | None | |||||||||
| Restrictions | GEPL 245, 445 | |||||||||
| Notes | None | |||||||||
| Combined Units |
GEPL445 - Regional Development Policy |
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| Coordinator(s) | Neil Argent (nargent@une.edu.au) | |||||||||
| Unit Description |
This unit is concerned with identifying the particular development issues that confront non-metropolitan regions today and understanding their possible causes. Via a comparative survey of regional development issues across Australia, Canada and northern England, the unit explores the nature of regional inequality and inequity, and their relationship to broader processes of economic, social, political and technological change. A range of competing schools of thought that seek to explain uneven development are also assessed. The unit concludes with a review of the effectiveness of regional development strategies employed by all tiers of Australian, Canadian and British governments during the last three decades in order to understand the complexities of the policy task, as well as the ingredients of successful policy. |
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| Prescribed Material Mandatory |
Textbook information is only available from 2008 units onwards. | |||||||||
| Recommended Material Optional |
Textbook information is only available from 2008 units onwards. | |||||||||
| Disclaimer | Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester. |