2024-2025 / GEOG0058-1

Regional development project

Duration

10h Th, 40h Pr, 6d FW

Number of credits

 Master in geography, global change, research focus7 crédits 
 Master in geography : general, teaching focus7 crédits 
 Master in geography, general, professional focus in urban and regional planning7 crédits 
 Master in urban planning and territorial development, professional focus in post-industrial and rurban territories7 crédits 

Lecturer

Guénaël Devillet, Serge Schmitz

Coordinator

Serge Schmitz

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

All year long, with partial in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The cursus of project aims to reflect about strategic options for the development of a territory through case studies, in Belgium and abroad. It articulates diagnosis, benchmark, strategy development and programming.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Grasp the complexity of a territorial development project
Develop a working method
Collect and process territorial information
Suggest several development strategies
Compare different strategies and cultures of development.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Cartography, statistics

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

After a short theoretical introduction, the students examine in small groups a territorial development strategy for a territory. After a critical analysis of the existing and planned projects, they draft operational recommendations for development strategy and programming.

A week of fieldwork abroad allows to revisit a similar issue in order to compare and criticize the two strategies of territorial development.

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

Blended learning


Additional information:

Classroom sessions, group work in classroom, in videoconference and on the field.

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Written work / report

Continuous assessment


Further information:

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Written work / report


Additional information:

The reports account for 70% of the final score. A survey will be distributed to the group participants to assess internal collaboration.

An individual oral exam about the reports and tools used represents 30% of the final score.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Fieldworks will be organized in Spring 2024

Contacts

Serge SCHMITZ, S.Schmitz@uliege.be, 043665629
Guénael DEVILET, g.devillet@uliege.be

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