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NEU ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

1. Nguyen Hoang Nam, PhD
Email: [email protected]
Hanoi, 2024
Nguyen Hoang Nam
ADVANCED EDUCATION PROGRAM
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
INTRODUCTION
Introduction

2. ❑Have you ever questioned?
❑A brief history of the subject
❑Teaching arrangements & Learning resources
❑Learning effective in this subject
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Have you ever questioned?
A brief history of the subject
Teaching arrangements & Learning resources
Learning effectively in this subject
Introduction

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Have you ever questioned?
Have you ever questioned?
A brief history of the subject
Teaching arrangements & Learning resources
Learning effectively in this subject
Introduction

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Have you ever questioned?
A brief history of the subject
Teaching arrangements & Learning resources
Learning effectively in this subject
Introduction
Why more people live near the coast?
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Have you ever questioned?
A brief history of the subject
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and higher GDP density?
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Have you ever questioned?
A brief history of the subject
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Learning effectively in this subject
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Have you ever questioned?

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Have you ever questioned?
A brief history of the subject
Teaching arrangements & Learning resources
Learning effectively in this subject
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Have you ever questioned?

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Have you ever questioned?
A brief history of the subject
Teaching arrangements & Learning resources
Learning effectively in this subject
Introduction
Have you ever questioned?

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Have you ever questioned?
A brief history of the subject
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Why do competitors open
stores next to each others?
Have you ever questioned?

10. ❑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)
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A brief history of the subject
Have you ever questioned?
A brief history of the subject
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Johann Heinrich von
Thünen (1783-1850)

11. “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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A brief history of the subject
Have you ever questioned?
A brief history of the subject
Teaching arrangements & Learning resources
Learning effectively in this subject
Introduction

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Teaching arrangements
Have you ever questioned?
A brief history of the subject
Teaching arrangements & Learning resources
Learning effectively in this subject
Introduction
Class Topics
Learning and teaching activitiesAssessment
methods
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Week 1
Introduction to Economic
Geography
Introduce to learning
materials, Facebook
group of the class and
TURNITIN
Textbook, Chapter 1 (page 3-35);
Group formulation for teamwork;
Group discussion
Watch video: Why do competitors open
their stores next to one another? - Jac de
Haan
Quiz &
discussion
Week 2
What is economy and
the role of economic
geography
Textbook, Chapter 2 (page 36-68) &
Chapter 9 (page 281-313) & Chapter 10
(page 314-344);
Watch videos: Geography and Economic
Growth; What is GDP? - MRU
Group discussion
1
st
Group presentation
Quiz &
discussion

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Teaching arrangements
Have you ever questioned?
A brief history of the subject
Teaching arrangements & Learning resources
Learning effectively in this subject
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Week 3
Making the (Spatial)
Economy and the details of
Von-Thunen Model
Textbook, Chapter 3 (page 69-101)
Watch video: Das Thünen-Modell
Group discussion
2
nd
Group presentation
Quiz &
discussion
Week 4
Von-Thunen Model
exercises and GIS
Textbook, Chapter 1, Section 1.3 (page
11-15)
Group exercises
3
rd
Group presentation
Quiz &
discussion
Week 5
Von-Thunen Model
exercises and GIS (Cont.)
Textbook, Chapter 11, Section 11.6
(page 368-373)
Watch videos: What is GIS?
Introduction to GIS (Geographic
Information Systems)
Group discussion
4
th
Group presentation
Quiz &
discussion

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Teaching arrangements
Have you ever questioned?
A brief history of the subject
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Learning effectively in this subject
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Week 6Mid-term test in class
Guest lecture “International
experience on the application of
economic geography”
Mid-term test (1 hour)
Quiz &
discussion
Week 7
The networks and
technological changes
Textbook, Chapter 4 (page 102-134)
Watch videos: Where does breakfast
come from?
Value Chain Analysis
Watch Documentary: Food, Inc (2008)
Group Discussion
5
th
Group presentation
Quiz &
discussion
Week 8
The networks and
technological changes (Cont.)
Textbook, Chapter 7 (page 206-246)
Watch videos: Why do we need a CE? -
KfW
Group Discussion
6
th
Group presentation
Quiz &
discussion

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Teaching arrangements
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A brief history of the subject
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Week 9
The networks and
technological changes (Cont.)
Textbook, Chapter 12 (page 381-419)
Watch videos:
What is the future of urban logistics?
Group Discussion
7
th
Group presentation
Quiz &
discussion
Week 10
The economic geography of
Labour
Textbook, Chapter 5 (page 135-170) &
Chapter 6 (page 171-205)
Watch video: How the World of Work
is Changing
Group discussion
8
th
Group presentation
Quiz &
discussion
Week 11
The economic geography of
Finance
Textbook, Chapter 8, page 247-280
Watch video: Financialization
Group discussion
9
th
Group presentation
Quiz &
discussion

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Teaching arrangements
Have you ever questioned?
A brief history of the subject
Teaching arrangements & Learning resources
Learning effectively in this subject
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Week 12
The economic geography of
environment
Textbook, Chapter 10 (pp. 333) and Chapter
11 (page 345 - 380)
What video: Climate change impacts in
Vietnam
Who is most affected by climate change and
who should tackle it?
Group discussion
10
th
Group presentation
Quiz &
discussion
Week 13
The economic geography of
environment (continued)
Textbook, Chapter 10 (pp. 333) and Chapter
11 (page 345 - 380)
Watch Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth
(2006)
Group discussion
11
th
Group presentation
Quiz &
discussion
Week 14
The economic geography of
environment (continued)
Textbook, Chapter 11 (page 345 - 380)
Watch Documentary: Home (2009); An
Inconvenient Sequel (2017)
Group discussion
12
th
Group presentation
Quiz &
discussion
Week 15Subject revision Consolidation and sample exercises
Quiz &
discussion

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Teaching arrangements
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A brief history of the subject
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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
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❑Textbook
Coe, N. M., Kelly, P. F., & Yeung, H.
W.-C. (2020). Economic geography:
a contemporary introduction (3rd
ed.). Oxford: John Wiley & Sons.
❑LMS
❑Turnitin
❑Facebook group

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Learning effectively in this subject
Have you ever questioned?
A brief history of the subject
Teaching arrangements & Learning resources
Learning effective in this subject
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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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All the best!
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