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Urbanization in Developing
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 GEG 230 - 5 CREDITS

 

Calendar

Course Content Outline

 

What is Urbanization? Is there still a Third World?
Sustainable Urbanization, Globalization, Case Study

Week one & two       

 

The Dimensions of urban Growth in the Developing Nations
Levels of Urban Population, Rates and Scales of Growth, Urban
 Growth and Economic Development, Case Study

Week two & three                                   

 

Urban Population Growth
Migration (urban/rural), Government policies, Case Study

 

 Week four 

 

 

The Urban Environment
The Brown Agenda, Environmental Problems, Case Study

Employment and Income in the City
Structure of Urban Labor Markets, Formal and Informal Sectors, 
Poverty, Case Study

 

 Week five

         

Week six 

 

          

 

Basic Needs and Human Rights
Basic needs, Housing Provisions, Human Rights, Democracy

 Planning and Management
External Influences, Internal Influences


   

 Patterns of Political Integration and Conflict
Tribalism and Political Violence, Military Dictatorship/Regimes


 Week seven and eight   

       

Week nine and ten

        

 

 

Week eleven

        

 

REFERENCES

Alex Inkeles, David H. Smith. Becoming Modern: Individual Change in Six Developing Countries, iUniverse.com Inc., 1999.

Allen, John L. Student Atlas of Economic Development. NY: McGraw-Hill Company, 1997.

Bogart William Thomas. Economics of Cities and Suburbs, The 1 ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998.

David L. McKee. Urban Environments in Emerging Economies, Praeger Pub. Text, 1994.

Joseph Gugler. The Urban Transformation of the Developing World: Regional Trajectories, Oxford University press, 1996.

Paul L. Knox. Urbanization: An Introduction to Urban geography, 1 ed. Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1994

Short, John Rennie. Globalization and the City, 1 ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000
             

          

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