Urbanization and Development: Practice, Theory, and Policy

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Explore how cities grow, evolve, and shape economic, social, environmental, and policy outcomes. This course is designed for learners interested in urbanization, development, public policy, planning, governance, sustainability, and related fields who want to understand the forces transforming cities. Build a strong foundation in urbanization and city dynamics by examining urban growth, spatial patterns, city economies, cultural and social spaces, agglomeration economies, and sustainable urban development. Explore major theories of modern cities, including modernist planning, the Chicago School, urban production and consumption, and different approaches to understanding urban processes. Develop the ability to examine how cities are shaped by economic, social, cultural, and spatial forces. Understand urban informality, including informal economies, housing, land, infrastructure, finance, and work. Examine urban policy, master planning, local government, state-society relationships, and planning experiences across India, China, and South Africa. Discover how globalization transforms cities through world cities, global cities, transnational urbanism, public-private partnerships, and gentrification. Explore emerging approaches to urban governance, participatory governance, e-governance, data governance, accountability, transparency, and sustainability. Gain a practical and critical perspective on urban development and the complex challenges shaping the cities of today and tomorrow.

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Bhuvaneswari Raman

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