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| GEOG2002-1 | Transport geography and localisation of economic activity
- Transport Geography
- Location of economic activities
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| Duration : | Transport Geography : 30h Th
Location of economic activities : 15h Th
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| Holder(s) : | Transport Geography : J. Charlier
Location of economic activities : Bernadette Merenne‑Schoumaker
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : |
 | | Transport Geography |
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| Course assured by Professors M.-F. Godart (ULB) et J. Charlier (UCL) |
| | Location of economic activities |
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| The course tackles the localisation problems of three big activity sectors: - industries; - logistics parks and logistic platforms and - services.
The following issues will be taken into account: new constraints induced by technological, economic and social changes, location trends (at various scales), key location principles and location optimization principles. |
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| Course objective : |
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| To lead transport professional to take the location issue into account in their daily activities. This integration is related with two key elements: to optimize the functioning of these activities and to take the sustainable development objectives into account. |
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| Prerequisites : |
| | Location of economic activities |
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| A good knowledge of the current economic, political and spatial context is very useful as the course take questions of the day into account. |
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| Workshops : |
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| In addition, within the framework of this module, two sessions of practical work are organised: one about the methods allowing optimizing the localisation of the industries and heavy tertiary sector activities and the other about the localisation of services and shops. |
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| Organization : |
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| 5 sessions of 3 hours cursus and 2 pratical work sessions of 3 hours in the buildings of the CIEM (ULB) in November and December 08. |
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| Written notes : |
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| « La localisation des industries. Enjeux et dynamiques », PUR, Rennes, 2008 et « Géographie des services et des commerces », PUR, Rennes, 2008. |
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| Assessment : |
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| - Written examination with three questions including one about the solving of a concrete localisation problem |
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| Contacts : |
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| - B. Mérenne-Schoumaker, P.O., Institut de Géographie, Sart Tilman, B11 - 4000 Liège - tél. : 04/366 53 24 - fax : 04/366 56 30 - e-mail : B.Merenne@ulg.ac.be
- G. Devillet, assistant, Institut de Géographie ULg, Sart Tilman B11- 4000 Liège- tél. : 04/366 53 19 - fax : 04/366 56 30 - e-mail : G.Devillet@ulg.ac.be
- C. Sarto, Secrétaire, Institut de Géographie ULg, Sart Tilman, B11 - 4000 Liège - tél. : 04/366 56 23 - fax : 04/366 56 30 - e-mail : C.Sarto@ulg.ac.be
- X. Tackoen, Adjoint à la direction du CIEM (Centre Interuniversitaire d' Etude de la Mobilité), Avenue F. Roosevelt, 50, CP 194/7, 1050 Bruxelles - tél. : 02/650 39 33 -fax : 02/650 27 83- e-mail : xtackoen@ulb.ac.be |
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