Week	Lecture Topic(s)	Reading
Sept 1	Economic fundamentals; Distance decay	Chapter 1
Sept 8	Diffusion; Core-periphery	Chapter 2
Sept 15	Population;  Gravity model (Map #1 due Sept. 17)	Chapter 3
Sept 22	Externalities; Land-use policies	Chapter 4
Sept 29	Weber's location theory; Agglomeration economies (Homework #3 due Oct. 1)	Chapter 5
Oct 6	Economic rent: von Thünen's model (Map #2 due Oct. 8)	Chapter 6
Oct 13	Thompson's size ratchet; Weight-gaining and -losing industry (Homework #1 due Oct. 13)	Chapter 7
Oct 20	Private and public goods; Market potential; Elasticity	Chapter 8
Oct  27	Transport costs; Pricing policies (Homework #2 due Oct. 27)	Chapter 9
Nov 3	Central place  (Homework #4 due Nov. 5)	Chapter 10
Nov 10	Residential choice; Scale, location, and technique; Locational interdependence	Chapter 11
Nov 17	Comparitive advantage; Trade barriers	Chapter 12
Nov 24	NAFTA; Maquiladoras  (Homework #5 due Nov. 24)	Chapter 13
Dec 1	Growth centers; Rostow: stages of development (Map #3 due Dec. 3)	Chapter 14
	Text: The World Economy: Resources, Location, Trade, and Development by F. P. Stutz and B. Warf