GEG 3600 - Urban Geography

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): GEG 1300 or Junior or higher standing

Description: The course surveys the theories and debates in urban geography - an interdisciplinary and continually changing body of knowledge that aims to analyze and to interpret the form, function and structure of cities. The course covers a range of theoretical topics relevant to the study of cities, which include urban form and design, culture and society, urban space, and urban politics and economics. Besides this theoretical background, the course provides an empirical analysis of the main issues concerning the contemporary process of urbanization in developed and developing societies, with an emphasis on urban poverty, inequality and housing; and the role of urban social movements and activist urbanists in finding innovative solutions to persistent problems.