introduction to regional science; theoretical and methodological foundation of urban and regional development;  discussion of role and meaning of planning from regional science perspective

understanding of regional science; terminology; allocation of activities and land use; meaning of land rent, transportation costs, accessibility and agglomeration effects; area bounded factors and quality of location; urban structure and first models of development; factor mobility and regional  structure;  meaning of planning approaches:

writen examen with 2 to 3 questions  to corresponding 5 topics. Respective questions of selected 4 topics must be answered.

A reader with interesting contributions is available in the secretariat of SRF.