Photographs depicting traditional and alternative sources of energy. See Lecture 23 for more about regional economics and energy. (Images courtesy of the Balanço Energético Nacional, Ministério de Minas e Energia do Brasil.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Karen R. Polenske
MIT Course Number
11.481J / 1.284J / ESD.192J
As Taught In
Spring 2009
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course focuses on alternative ways in which the issues of growth, restructuring, innovation, knowledge, learning, and accounting and measurements can be examined, covering both industrialized and emerging countries. We give special emphasis to recent transformations in regional economies throughout the world and to the implications these changes have for the theories and research methods used in spatial economic analyses. Readings will relate mainly to the United States, but we cover pertinent material on foreign countries in lectures.
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