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2026-2027 / GEOG0618-1

Land and property economics for development

Duration

15h Th, 10h Pr

Number of credits

 Master in geography: geomatics, professional focus in geodata expert3 crédits 
 Master in geography: geomatics, professional focus in land surveyor3 crédits 
 Master in urban planning and territorial development, professional focus in post-industrial and rurban territories3 crédits 

Lecturer

Jean-Marie Halleux

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course is made of three main parts:

1. Clarification of the main concepts
1.1. Land and property 1.2. Land values 1.3. Property rights 1.4. Market 1.5. Urban land supply 1.7. Land and property developments
2. The main economic mechanisms
2.1. Perfect competition and the formation of prices 2.2. Property values at the inter-market scale 2.3. Property values at the intra-market scale 2.4. Land and property developments 2.5. Land and property investments
3. land policy 3.1. What is land policy? 3.2. Social equity and spatial quality

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

In relation to geography

To integrate the comprehension of land and property mechanisms in the general organisation of urban spaces


In relation to planning and governance

To develop knowledges in the domain of land policy



In relation to geomotrology

To complete the lectures in law, architecture and building in order to prepare the students to the property evaluation

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Courses : "Introduction to spatial plannning"
To be open-minded concerning social and economic problems.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Seminars animated by expert and professionals of the real estate sector. Field visit in Sart-Tilman.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Alternatively phases of theoretical lectures, phases of student presentation and external experts presentation. The presence is compulsary for the sessions with the experts (the absence will have to be justified)

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Detailed diaporamas, bibliography, technical notes and scientific artcles available via MyUliège

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

written exam AND oral exam


Further information:

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam


Additional information:

Via an oral exam on both, the theoretical lectures and the seminars (100 % of the quotation).

Depending on the number of students, the assessment may take the form of a written examination. Students who receive a grade of 7, 8 or 9 in the written examination, as well as those who pass but wish to improve their grade, will have the opportunity to take an oral examination at the end of the examination period. The final grade will then be the average of the grades obtained in the two examinations.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

No object

Contacts

Professor:
J.-M. Halleux, Institut de Géographie,
Sart Tilman, B11 - 4000 Liège
tél. : 04/366 53 27 - e-mail : Jean-Marie.Halleux@ulg.ac.be

Secretary:
J. Collard, Institut de Géographie, Sart Tilman, B11 - 4000 Liège
tél. : 04/366 54 78 - e-mail : jcollard@uliege.be

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