GEO 320 Urban Geography Fall 2007
Department of Geography and Meteorology, Valparaiso University

Lecture Outline

 

Access to Public Services and Social Justice

Collective Consumption

Public vs. Private Goods

Geography and the Distribution of Public Services

  • Uneven Political and Administrative Structures
  • Tapering
  • Externalities
  • Positive and Negative Externalities
  • Other Types of Externalities
  • Perceptions and Fears
  • Actions Taken in Relation to Externalities

Theories of Public Service Provision

Geographical Efficiency in Public Service Provision

Equity vs. Equality

Social Justice