ObjectivesThe Programme aims to: -provide participants with an opportunity to deepen their understanding of urban development, including the social, environmental and economic context in towns and cities in the South -enable students to extend their knowledge of planning theory and development theory -provide students with the opportunity to consider policy formulation and implementation in Southern towns and cities -enhance study fellows' professional competency by imparting a set of relevant analytical techniques and methods related to urban development -permit study fellows to relate their own experience of urban development to relevant conceptual frameworks -develop and enhance students' research skills, and their own special areas of coursework and supervised dissertation research -encourage students to read and understand key texts, be able to discuss their relevance to wider development debates and present their ideas coherently and concisely in both oral and written format
Entry requirementsIt 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.
Academic titleInternational Development: Urban Development MA
Course descriptionCourse 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
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