1. Economic and Human Geography
dr. László Jeney
associate professor
Economic and Human Geography
bachelor study programmes (BA)
Spring term 2018/2019.
CUB Institue of Economic Geography, Geoeconomy and Sustainable Development

2. Course description of Economic and Human Geography
C 557, Monday 9.50–11.20
Altogether 12 lessons
2 weeks cancelled:  ‚intensive’ week and Easter Monday
Assessment: Written in-class test 100% – 6th May
Multiple choice test questions about the material of the lectures (70%)
Topographical exercise on an outlined map based on a given list of geographical names (30%) – recognition of geographical names on an outlined map: 142 cities and their countries 2

3. Bibliography
The lecture notes are mainly suggested for the preparation
Recommended readings
Bradshaw, M. – Dymond, J. – White, G. – Chacko, E. 2011: Contemporary World Regional Geography. 4th Edition. – McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 620 p. ISBN:
MacKinnon, D. – Cumbers, A. 2007: An introduction to economic geography: globalization, uneven development and place. – Pearson Education, 354 p. ISBN: 3

4. Economic and human geography in the structure of sciences
One half of geography, its complementer: phisical geography
Concerns with culture, ethincs, religion, demography and development
Socialism: economic geography was used instead of the term of the whole human geography (as a complementary of physical geography)
Economic geography concerns with
Spatial patterns of wealth and poverty
Use of resources
Production, distribution and consumption of goods
Flows of labour and capital
Strongly affected by economics (especially general economic geography)
2 approaches: regional or general geography 4

5. This course tries … … to introduce to the discipline of
(regional) economic geography and
(regional) human geography.
… to help understanding what's going on in our mosaic-like world with
geographic approach,
geographic concepts and
geographic tools.
… to expand the knowledge about major regions of the world and the similarities and differences
among them and
inside them.
… to take a holistic approach bringing together the world’s environments, landscapes, people, cultures and economics 5