This course is designed to equip you with the analytical skills required to: understand the factors that lead to variations in regional growth and development and to understand the consequences of regional imbalance; assess the scope for policy intervention to manage regional growth; design efficient and effective policies to manage growth at the regional level; understand how best to implement growth and regeneration policies; and evaluate policy achievement and monitor and assess the effectiveness of policy initiatives. The course emphasises the importance of adopting a multidisciplinary approach both to understanding the nature of growth and regeneration problems as well as creating successful policy solutions. MPhil courses offered by the Department of Land Economy share common aims. These are: to enable students of a high calibre to pursue their education at an advanced applied level drawing on the primary disciplines of economics, planning and environmental policy, with additional specialisms in finance and law; to provide students with opportunities both to build on and develop material which they may have studied at undergraduate level as well as to broaden their knowledge base; to equip students with the necessary skills to pursue careers at a high level in a range of areas, including business and finance, civil service, public service, property professions, environmental agencies and organisations, national/international agencies and further study, etc. On completion of the course, students will have acquired the following skills: Knowledge and understanding of the subject matter of the various components of their course; Intellectual skills; Practical skills; Transferable skills; Research skills; Communication skills; Interpersonal skills.