GLOBAL 252

Special Topic: Asian Cities: Growth and Transition

Please note: this is archived course information from 2020 for GLOBAL 252.

Description

This course explores urbanization, and development in Asia as processes from a variety of disciplinary approaches to provide a comprehensive global studies analysis of these interrelated concepts. The second part of the course focusses on critical topics such as pollution, housing, labour, gender, mobility, and education.  The geographical breadth of the course covers East, Southeast, and South Asia.

**This course can count towards Asia area study or the major in Global Environment and Sustainable Development**

Availability 2020

Semester 1

Lecturer(s)

TBA

Points

GLOBAL 252: 15 points

Prerequisites

60 points at Stage I in Global Studies