The network’s peer-to-peer learning space, open to contributors of every background; it is not a university and grants no degrees. KCO’s peer-to-peer learning space, open to contributors of every background.
One subject of the Academy, with its fields, courses and communities of practice.
Economic and social geography
Why places differ: borderlands, old trade routes and the gap between regions.
- Status
- Proposed
- Fields
- 4
- Courses
- 0
- Faculty
- Faculty of Economic and Social Development
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01Fields
The A narrower topic within a discipline. this discipline covers.
- Regional inequality
- Borderlands
- Trade routes
- Tourism geography
02Classification
Where the discipline sits in the international lists of fields.
| Scheme | Code | Steward |
|---|---|---|
| OECD Fields of Research and Development (FORD), Frascati Manual 2015, Table 2.2 | 5.7 | OECD |
| ISCED Fields of Education and Training 2013 (ISCED-F 2013) | 0314 | UNESCO Institute for Statistics |
03Courses
No course is outlined yet. Course authors can propose one.
04Communities of practice
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Community of practice: Livelihoods and Trade Facilitation
A A proposal only, which exists once the governing body the charter names decides. A group of practitioners of one field who work together on courses, standards and toolkits; the charter calls it a Standards area. on livelihoods, small enterprise and trade information.
Proposed
05Contribute to this field
Experts of every background teach, review and advance the field.
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Course author
Write or revise a course of this field, from its outline to its lessons.
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Expert reviewer
Review outlines, lessons and assessments in your field before teaching starts.
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Translator
Translate courses and pages of this field into the languages of the community.
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Steward
Keep the field’s map of courses, sources and Anyone who writes, reviews, translates or teaches here, from any background, named only with consent. current.
06Related service subsites
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Development
Social programmes, livelihoods and disaster preparedness for Kurdish communities.
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Research
Kurdish studies: the observatory, reading lists and new research.
07More in this department
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Urban and regional planning
How towns grow and regions develop, including rebuilding after war and earthquakes.
0 courses4 fields
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Transport and mobility planning
Moving people and goods across mountains and borders, and access for remote villages.
0 courses3 fields
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The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Economic and social geography. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/economic-geography/
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@misc{kco2026_learn_disciplines_economic_geography, author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}}, year = {2026}, note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0}, title = {Economic and social geography}, url = {https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/economic-geography/}, howpublished = {https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/economic-geography/}, }- RIS
TY - ELEC AU - The Kurdish Cooperation Organization DA - 2026/// PY - 2026 ID - kco2026_learn_discip N1 - Licence: CC BY 4.0 TI - Economic and social geography UR - https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/economic-geography/ ER -