Study Programmes 2016-2017
GEOG2033-1  
Spatial development
Duration :
15h Th
Number of credits :
Master in geography : general (120 ECTS)2
Lecturer :
Jean-Marie Halleux
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents :
The theoretical course is made of 5 chapters:


  • The measure of development
  • The openeness to international trade
  • The causes of underdevelopment
  • Regional disparities
  • The conceptions on development and their evolutions
  • The key concepts of territorial development
  • The factors affecting regional competitiveness
  • The European regional policy
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
Provide to the future geographers theoretical and practical knowledges about territorial development.
Those knowledges have three main purposes:  - to allow students to reframe issues and political debates in the field of territorial development; - to prepare students to intervene in the fields of territorial developments and spatial planning (local developments interventions, urban planning interventions, management of European projects...).
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
  • Geography concepts and methods as taught in Bac 1, 2 and 3.
  • Notions of micro- and macroeconomics
  • An open attitude towards social and economic problems.
  • Learning unit "Spatial planning"
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
15 hours of theoretical lectures. Practical exercises are organized in the context of the learning unit "Territorial Policies Seminar and Territorial Projects". This is made of a personal exercise on a UE country. It is made of both, a research on regional disparities and a research on development policies.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
- 15 hours of theoretical lectures
Recommended or required readings :
The oral exam (100% of the quotation) is common with the learning unit "Spatial planning"
Assessment methods and criteria :
The oral exam (100% of the quotation) is common with the learning unit "Spatial planning".
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
Prof. J.-M. Halleux tel.: 04/366 53 27 e-mail: Jean-Marie.Halleux@ulg.ac.be Secretary: C. Sarto tél.: 04/366 56 23 e-mail: C.Sarto@ulg.ac.be