Geographies of Growth and Decline
GPHY 334
300-Level Courses
3 Units
In-person
3
one-way Exclusions
Lecture, private study
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Course Description
This course explores how the growth-focus of capitalist society has led to the widespread assumption of growth and territorial stigma of decline. We will examine how social, economic, environmental, cultural, and political processes at the local, national, and global level shape and reinforce distinct geographies of growth and decline.
Learning Outcomes
- Identify and describe major economic and demographic trends shaping urban structures and relations at multiple spatial scales.
- Explain conceptual models of regional, urban, and neighbourhood growth and decline.
- Critically review and evaluate policies and strategies for reversing, managing, and adapting to economic and population decline.
- Present conceptual and empirical analysis of urban economic decline in written and verbal formats.