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Class number:
2925
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Title: Reshaping Global Urbanization |
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Department: Urban Studies |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Seminar |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 15 |
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Current enrollment: 17 |
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Available seats: 0 |
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Start date: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 |
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End date: Friday, May 8, 2026 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: M: 1:30PM-4:10PM, 70VS - SEM |
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Instructor(s): Goldstein, Shoshana |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Social Sciences and Global Requirements |
Course Description:
This course aims to provide an extensive and in-depth understanding of how Asian and other non-Western countries are reshaping global urbanization. Having urbanized at the fastest pace, on the largest scale, and in the shortest time in human history, countries such as China and India have been “building out” by constructing transport infrastructure, industrial zones, and municipal facilities at home and across the Global South. The course assesses these modes of urban development, focused on their beneficial and problematic social and spatial consequences. It then examines how Asian and Global South actors engage in city-building and infrastructure construction in Southeast Asia, Africa, and Europe, concluding with the policy implications of “South-led” global urbanization. |