Geography of Trade

Course Main Objective

At end of the course, student will be to:-
1- Identify the geographic dimension of trade and its role in the sustainable development.
2- Analyze the factors affecting trade.
3- Interpret the relation between population and trade movement.
4- Identify aims of trade organizations and how to make use of them.
5- Compare among types of trade domestically and internationally.

Course Learning Outcomes

• 1. Knowledge and Comprehension
• 1.1 Define trade-related concepts and the relation between the natural and human factors with trade and its contemporary trends.
• 2. Skills
• 2.1 Differentiate among role of each factor affecting trade.
• 2.2 Employ the quantitative methods, maps, and GISs in analyzing and interpreting spatial information. 
• 3. Values
• 3.1 Appreciate teamwork principle and bear individual and collective responsibility.

Course Content:

- Geography of Trade (concept, evolution and approaches).
- The natural factors affecting trade.
- The human factors affecting trade
- Domestic trade and its types (retail trade- wholesale trade).
- Commercial malls.
- Foreign trade and its theories.
- Trade regions and blocks in the world.
- Geography of e-commerce and application to KSA as a model.

Textbook (s)

1- Muhammad, Omar.M.A. (2019). Geography of Transport and Trade Between Methodology and Contemporaneity. Dar Al-Wafaa, Alexandria.
2- Al-Zouka, Muhammad.Kh. (2011). Geography of Transport and Trade. Dar Al-Marefa, Alexandria.
- Ministry of Economics & Planning (different years): Plans of Development: Eighth, Ninth, Tenth. Riyadh, KSA.
- World Bank (different years): Annual Report, Human Development Report.
- The Kingdom's Vision2030.

Course ID: GEOG 353