Cities with their shiny lights, tall and spectacular buildings, wide roads and expressways have spurred imaginations and influenced human society for several decades and centuries. Cities are the places of economy, innovations, creativity, possibility, dreams & aspirations as well as peril and poverty, slums and millionaires. Urban Geographers are interested in studying and understanding the very many ways of life in cities. This course introduces you to the fundamental concepts and theories of contemporary urban geography. The broader topics that will be covered include the development of cities, urban changes and processes, urban built form and environment, urban inequality, urban economy, urban futures, everyday urban life, sustainability, and urban environments.
| Academic Units | 3 |
| Exam Schedule | Not Applicable |
| Grade Type | Letter Graded |
| Department Maintaining | NIE |
| Prerequisites | Attendance is compulsory |
| Not Available to Programme | ACBS, ACC, ACDA, ADM, AERO, ARED, ASEC, BCE, BCG, BEEC, BIE, BMS, BS, BSB, BSPY, BUS, CBE, CBEC, CE, CEE, CEE 1, CEEC, CHEM, CHIN, CNEL, CNLM, CS, CSC, CSEC, CVEC, DSAI, ECDS, ECMA, ECON, ECPP, ECPS, EEE, EEE 1, EEEC, EESS, ELAH, ELH, ELHS, ELPL, ENE, ENE 1, ENEC, ENG, ESPP, HIST, HSCN, HSLM, IEEC, IEM, LMEL, LMPL, LMS, MACS, MAEC, MAEO, MAT, MATH, ME 1, ME(DES), ME(IMS), ME(NULL), ME(RMS), MEEC(DES), MEEC(IMS), MEEC(NULL), MEEC(RMS), MS, MS-2ndMaj/Spec(MSB), MTEC, PHIL, PHMS, PHY, PLCN, PLHS, PPGA, PSLM, PSMA, PSY, REP, SCED, SOC, SSM |
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