Università degli Studi di Catania

1. Principles and models of economic organization of territory

1.2 Space and economic theory

1.3 The models of the homogeneous and nodal region

1.4 The network models

1.5 Principles of agglomeration, spatial competition, spatial interaction, hierarchy and territorial competitiveness

2. Main indicators of socio-economic, structural, infrastructural, environmental and cultural

involved in planning of territory

2.1 Classification of economic activities

2.2 Structural features of local economic systems

2.3 Analysis of localization of productive activities and settlements

3. Socio-economic indicators

3.1 Coefficients of specialization and location of production activities

3.2 Measures of physical capital and production capacity

3.3 Measures of inequality and poverty

3.4 Measures of consumption

3.5 Territory and human settlement

3.6 Population growth rates and age structure

3.7 The labor market

3.8 Social stratification

3.9 Education system

3.10 Infrastructure Equipment

3.11 Reception and tourist demand

3.12 Quality of life and human well-being

3.13 Measures of social capital

4. Methods of analysis

4.1 Elements of shift and share analysis

4.2 Cluster analysis

4. 3 Social network analysis

5. Statistical sources

SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF TERRITORY