Course description
Course description
As the global population shifts from being primarily rural to primarily urban and as there is an increasing interest in urban development issues, this new International Development pathway focuses on the understanding of urban development, including the social, environmental and economic context in towns and cities.
The programme utilises knowledge of planning and development theory and explores contemporary issues relating to management, planning and policy-making. It will explore current debates on a range of specialist areas related to urban development policy and planning: public policy, basic services provision, land policy, shelter policies, politics and developments, decentralisation, gender issues, enterprise development, information technology, environmental change, poverty and livelihoods.
It is designed for social science graduates or for those working in a variety of institutions including central and local government, parastatal organisations, non-governmental organisations and multilateral or bilateral aid agencies involved in the management of development activities in developing countries. It aims to blend theory and practice and seeks to explain policy behaviour through an integrated approach, drawing on a range of disciplinary perspectives.
Module details
Core course units typically include:
-Perspectives on Development
-Development Research
-Diverse Urbanisms
-Planning Theory and Ethics
Optional course units may include:
-Small Enterprise Development
-Politics and Development
-NGO Management and Strategy
-Political Economy of Development
-Environmental Impact Assessment
-Social Development: Analysis and Policy
-Environment and Development
-Conflict Analysis
-Comparative Social Policy
-ICT's and Socio-Economic Development
-Reconstruction and Development
-NGO Management and Strategy
-Poverty and Livelihoods: Analysis, Policy and Action
-Micro Finance