Undergraduate CUR-GOL100-2022

Understanding Regions

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$498 $748

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Duration

12 weeks

Study method

100% Online

Available loans

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Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

Start dates

28 Nov 2022
27 Feb 2023
28 Aug 2023

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Times Higher Education Ranking 2022

2022
2023

Subject details

What you'll learn

At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

identify and assess international best practices in regional sustainable development
develop technical skills required to collate, manage and analyse empirical information on regions
identify current factors and key issues that impact on Indigenous communities in order to facilitate social change
validate the connection between regional planning and core social, environmental and economic issues

Topics covered

- An Introduction to Regions
- Definition of the Regions
- Theories of Regional Development
- Regional Development Opportunities (part 1)
- Regional Development Opportunities (part 2)
- Ten Regions of Western Australia
- Regional story of Western Australia
- Regional positioning and options for Western Australia’s regions
- Case study - The Regional Identity
- The Regional Perspective of firm based competition