URB 420 - Microeconomic Development

Institution:

Warner Pacific College

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Description:

This course introduces students to the microeconomic principles of development in urban communities; in other words, job creation. It discusses how key assumptions of the standard economics discourse don’t always hold for neighborhoods at an economic tipping-point. It utilizes a systematic method of analyzing the role of community organizations in the economic turn-around of neighborhoods, and how economic principles interplay with social forces to shape the development experience. Prerequisite: URB 140.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.warnerpacific.edu

Phone Number:

(503) 517-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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