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Urbanization
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GEG 230 - 5 CREDITS
Calendar
Course Content
Outline
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What
is Urbanization? Is there still a Third World?
Sustainable Urbanization, Globalization, Case Study
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Week
one & two
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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
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Week two
& three
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Urban
Population Growth
Migration (urban/rural), Government policies, Case Study
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Week four
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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
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Week five
Week six
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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
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Week seven and eight
Week nine and
ten
Week eleven
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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
Last Updated: 10/01/07
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