GEOG107-09S1 (C)
Semester One 2009
Sustainable Cities: Environmental and Social Perspectives on Global Urbanisation
Description
This course examines processes of global urbanisation in a range of different contexts, discussing the causes, patterns and demands of urban growth, and focusing on questions of environmental and social sustainability posed by the challenges of continually evolving urban systems. Goals of the course include: To explore the different paths of urbanisation in the developed, developing and former socialist/post-socialist world. To analyse the environmental demands of urban growth and its social impacts. To focus on questions of environmental and social sustainability and the challenges posed by continually evolving urban forms.
Course Coordinators
Simon Kingham
and Ross Barnett
Assessment
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Final Examination
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50%
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Internal Assessment
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50%
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Textbooks
Recommended Reading
Pacione, Michael;
Urban geography : a global perspective;
2nd ed;
Routledge, 2005.
For further information see
Geography.
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