AGRICULTURAL

UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Department of Forestry
& Natural Environment
Management

Regional development

Course Content

Basic concepts, goals of regional development. Regional policy strategies and instruments (investment incentives, productive and social infrastructure). Spatial dimension of economic activities and theories of location and regional development. Demographic developments, regional peculiarities and development patterns of the region. Regional inequalities. Mountain areas: natural, socio-economic and structural characteristics, development strategies and methods. Problems of mountain areas and their treatment. New directions of regional policy. Regional development programs. Local know-how, technological innovations and rural development. Regional administrative organization and regional economic policy. Greek regional policy. Administrative decentralization measures and regional planning. European programs and regional development.

Learning Results

Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

● Has understood basic concepts related to space and region.
● Has understood the systematic approach to the regional problem, especially in mountainous areas, the measurement of regional disparities, the causes and the reasons for addressing them.
Familiar with the main theories of regional economics, as well as with the basic framework for shaping regional policy.

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DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY 

The Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management joined the Faculty of Plant Sciences of the AUA. The Department operates from the academic year 2019-2020 and is based in Tthe city of Karpenisi. Housed in the building facilities of the Department of Forestry and Natural Environment Management of the former Technical Scool (TEI)  of Central Greece.
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