Top 3 Doctorate Degrees in Regional Planning 2019

The Doctoral Program in Regional Development that is proposed is the result of the adaptation of the current Doctoral Program in Regional Development, Training and Employment, distinguished with the Quality Mention according to Resolution of October 20, 2008, of the Secretary of State of Universities, for which the Mention of Quality is awarded to the doctoral studies of Spanish universities for the 2008-2009 academic year.

Background of the Program

The Doctoral Program in Regional Development that is proposed is the result of the adaptation of the current Doctoral Program in Regional Development, Training and Employment, distinguished with the Quality Mention according to Resolution of October 20, 2008, of the Secretary of State of Universities, for which the Mention of Quality is awarded to the doctoral studies of Spanish universities for the 2008-2009 academic year. In turn, the Regional Development, Training and Employment Program resulted from the adaptation of the Training, Employment and Regional Development Program, with a Quality Award from the Ministry of Education and Science in the 2004 call, in line with the initial reform of the studies postgraduate studies within the framework of the European Convergence in the field of higher education, and has its genesis in the final years of the 90s. It is on that date when, taking advantage of practical experience in doctoral programs, the professors of the Department of Economics of Institutions, Economic Statistics and Econometrics of the Universidad de La Laguna considered the development of a program that exceeded the conception that,... [-]

The field is aimed at local, regional, macro-regional, continental, and global problems of landscape sphere.

The aiming is based on the study of the development of Nature - Sociogeographical interaction on different hierarchy level. The study is aimed at regions of the Czech Republic and foreign countries as well. It gives scientific and manager training focused on:

SCARP is interested in attracting students to its Ph.D. program who are interested in topics broadly related to the transition to sustainability through the democratization of planning approaches. Under this broad umbrella, our faculty have diverse interests, ranging from sustainable transportation studies to disaster preparedness, community development and social planning, poverty alleviation at home and abroad, negotiation and mediation of land and resource conflicts, the ecological footprint, risk analysis, managing multicultural cities and regions, cross-cultural and indigenous planning, community based urban design, urbanization and its challenges in East and Southeast Asia to name just a few of our faculty's research interests. Our research approach is inherently interdisciplinary and spans qualitative and quantitative methodologies.... [-]