The main goal of the course is to provide specialized knowledge to students who have the basic knowledge in Demography and are interested in deepening the spatial approach to demographic phenomena.
The course consists of 13 lectures covering the major scientific fields of spatial demography:
01 Introduction: Population / Space / Development
02 Demographic sizes – structures and economic growth / development
03 Relationships between demographics and areas of spatial planning, urban planning and regional development
04 Sources / data for the approach of demographic trends
05 Utilization of population data in Greece at different spatial levels. What data for what use?
06 Elements of demographic analysis
07 Population projections
08 Geographical mobility
09 Spatial indicators I
10 Spatial indicators II
11 Population analysis at differentiated administrative levels in Greece
12 Cartographic representation of demographic indicators
13 Presentation / Commentary / Discussion with working groups
The students are evaluated for their final projects as well as their active participation in the course.
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