Course Name	Urban Economics (EU 404)
Credits	3 Hours
Professor(s)	Name	Ahn, Jung-Geun
	Affiliation	Department of Urban Engineering

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Objectives:

This course is an introduction to the concepts and analytical techniques that are most relevant to urban planners. The objectives of the course are:

1. To familiarize students with the basic theories of urban economics and show how these apply to     a broad range of urban problems with which planners deal.

2. To introduce students to the problems of housing, land, transportation, and environment policies     and suggest desirable directions of urban policies.

MAIN TEXTBOOK and FURTHER READINGS

Kim, Kyung-Hwan, Seo, Seung-Hwan, Urban Economics, fourth edition, Hong Moon Sa, 2009

ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING

Assignments:

There will be one homework assignment to give the students experience working urban economic problems. The relative share is 10 percent of the final grade.

Grading Scheme:

There will be a mid-term and final test. Two tests will be shared 80% of the final grade and

the percentage of attendance will be counted as 10 percent of final grade.

COURSE SCHEDULE

Course Outlines:

1 week: Urban and Urban Economics

2 week: Market Principal and Urban Problems

3 week: Metropolitan Concentration and Space Policy

4 week: Location Theory and urban Space Structure Theory

5 week: Model of single urban center

6 week: Land Market and Land Policy Theory

7 week: Land Problems and Land Policy in Korea

8 week: Housing Market and Housing Policy Theory

9 week: Housing Problems and Housing Policy in Korea

10 week: Real Estate and Macro Economics

11 week: Urban Finance Theory

12 week: Urban and Local Government Finance

13 week: Urban Transportation and Transportation Theory

14 week: Transportation Problems and Transportation Policy in Korea

15 week: Urban Environment and Environment Theory

16 week: Environment Problems and Environment Policy in Korea

CONTACT DETAILS

Tel: 055-772-1770                            e-mail: jgahn@gnu.ac.kr