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 705-220 Urban Development in Asian Megacities

Availability

Not offered in 2000. Next offered in 2001.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Dr Ludmilla Kwitko and Dr Mark Wang

Semester

Not Offered (view timetable)

Contact

3 hours workshop / seminars per week

Subject Description

This course focusses on the major cities of Asia and the Pacific looking in particular at the capacity of local and national policy makers and planners to cope with the increasing millions of people who inhabit these cities and their many problems. We will look at colonial origins, population growth, land tenure systems, employment, housing, poverty, inequality, social and environmental impacts and the integration of these cities into the global economy.

Assessment

One major essay of 3000 words, seminar presentation and 90 minute exam.

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