RP546 WORKSHOP ON REGIONAL ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING
| Course Code: | 8520546 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Regional Planning |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. MEHMET MELİH PINARCIOĞLU |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, students will:
- Explore theories and case studies related to deindustrialization, innovation-based economies, service-sector shifts, regional disparities, and post-growth strategies.
- Investigate the spatial consequences of economic transformation, including shifts in labor markets, investment flows, and territorial cohesion.
- Assess institutional frameworks and governance mechanisms for managing economic restructuring at multiple scales.
- Develop strategies for inclusive and sustainable regional development, with attention to equity, resilience, and long-term competitiveness.
Course Content
For course details, see https://catalog2.metu.edu.tr.Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Identify and explain key concepts and drivers of regional economic restructuring in both developed and developing contexts.
- Analyze regional economic patterns and transformations using qualitative and quantitative tools of spatial and economic analysis.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of regional development policies and governance structures in responding to economic restructuring.
- Apply theoretical and practical knowledge to design strategic policy interventions that address economic decline, renewal, and transformation.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | To follow current theoretical discourses and discussions on regional development and to have the knowledge to use them with respect to regional policiesa nd planning practice. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | To have adequate knowledge accumulation that can enable them to get expertise in different fields of regional development and planning. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | To define the problems of regions, the main causes of different problems and to define possible methods in order to solve problems in a systematic way by using their skills and knowledge on regional planning. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | To be able to follow and evaluate new knowledge, new debates and new practices on regional development, planning and other related subjects. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | To be able to use English competently that is necessary for making international joint work and building international networks and to follow international publications and innovative projects in his/her field. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | To have occupational capacity and expertise to realise different types of projects and plans with an utmost quality. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | To undertake responsibility to carry out and organise work on regional planning projects and other spatial planning studies. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | To be able to use the different views of the participants of planning processes in stating priorities in planning and policies and outlining the solutions. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | To be able to disseminate and share the findings of his/her work to others. | ✔ | |||
| 10 | To have social responsibility and occupational ethics. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution