Principles of Economic Geograp

Course Main Objective

The main objective of course is to make student able to explain the general framework of the Economic Geography structure and its general components along with reviewing the importance of economic activities and their developmental dimensions as well as analyzing the spatial differences of such activities and reasons beyond and knowing the problems of economic development and the solutions thereof.

Course Learning Outcomes

• 1. Knowledge and Comprehension
• 1.1 Define the Economic Geography and resources and its importance for planning and development.
• 2. Skills
• 2.1 Differentiate the relation between the factors affecting the economic activity and sustainable development.
• 2.2 Employ the quantitative methods, maps, and GISs in analyzing and interpreting spatial information.
• 3. Values
• 3.1 Appreciate teamwork and bear individual and collective responsibility.

Course Content:

Definition of Economic Geography, the field of economic geography, its methodology and relation with other sciences, the concept of economic resources and their classification and how to preserve them.

• The concept of economic production, the natural components of economic production and the human components of economic production.
• The natural factors affecting production such as weather + water resources+ soil.
• Vegetation cover + natural animals+ metal raw materials.
• Human factors (population+ living standard+ scientific development and technical progress).
• Primitive and advanced crafts.
• Types of economic production.

Textbook (s)

1- Muhammad Khamees Al-Zouka. (2016). Economic Geography. Dar Al-Marefa, Alexandria.
2- Ali Haroun. (2012). Basics of Economic Geography. Dar alfikr alarabi, Cairo.
3- Sara Hassan Mimanah. (1988). Geography of Resources and Production. Dar Alnahda, Beirut.

Course ID: GEOG 203