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PROPERTY 763 : Urban Economic Analysis

Postgraduate course

Project description

This course requires students to critically engage with urban economic theory and contemporary urban issues. Topics cover reasons for the existence of cities, the monocentric model of urban land use, agglomeration economies, various topics in housing studies, and urban environmental economics. The goal of this course is to enable students to be familiar with and utilise economic tools to examine subnational economies where the location is a critical element of what constitutes an �urban property market�. Students will be able to undertake theoretically informed independent research on urban economics as well as engage, communicate and collaborate professionally and effectively with diverse groups using multiple formats.

Year 2022

Location New Zealand

Organization University of Auckland

Project aims

Project outcome

By the end of this course, students will be able to: Critically analyse a variety of urban theories that are relevant to urban property issues (Capability 1 and 2) Apply urban economic theory to describe, explain, and predict patterns of property prices, property construction, and property consumption (Capability 1 and 3) Demonstrate an advanced understanding of urban property (Capability 1 and 2) Evaluate the role of government and housing policies in urban property markets (Capability 1 and 2) Evaluate the importance of the social and environmental dimensions of sustainability in cities (Capability 1 and 6) Undertake theoretically informed independent research that involves the collection and analysis of appropriate secondary data (Capability 4.2, 5.1 and 5.2)