Cities: Geography, Planning, and Urban Life
GPHY 227
200-Level Courses
3 Units
In-person
3
one-way Exclusions
Lecture, tutorial, online activity, private study
Please note that course information listed in the Arts and Science Course Calendar supersedes any information listed on the Geography and Planning website.
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Course Description
The city from a geographical and planning perspective. Topics include origins of urbanism; mega; migrant, and global cities; urban competitiveness; land use planning and design; suburbanization and sprawl; new urban identities and culture; retailing transport; public space; private and temporary cities; urban poverty; politics and governance; sustainable urban futures.
Learning Outcomes
- Articulate the rationale for several approaches to urban geography and how it is possible to gain urban insights from each.
- Define the concepts of space, place, scale, urbanization, urbanism, and planning and understand how they help us study cities from a geographical perspective.
- Describe current urbanization trends and projects for countries around the world, with a particular knowledge of the post WWII and contemporary Canadian urban context.
- Demonstrate the integral role that space plays in shaping how urban residents express their social and cultural values.
- Analyze how cities are governed and how they could be more sustainable in the future.
- Demonstrate active listening skills to consider peers' perspectives and to articulate effective communication with peers.