Undergraduate - UnitATS3551 - Field studies in urban sustainability

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge of and familiarity with the following types of information, academic perspectives and skills:

1. Knowledge of the varied social and resource dimensions of problems associated with urban sustainability
2. Ability to, describe, and interpret the concept of urban sustainability in the context of a developing country
3. Acquisition of practical skills and field-based experience for research and policy formulation for sustainable regional development
4. Demonstration of an awareness and understanding of the major theoretical approaches in urban geography within academic debate in Africa and internationally
5. Ability to employ those and evaluate such theoretical approaches in an interpretation of the various urban scenarios in this unit
6. Intellectual familiarity with the different critical concepts relevant to the unit: displacement, urbanism, apartheid planning, post-modern urban planning, cosmopolitanism, globalization, urban cultures, migration, poverty elevation, authenticity, ethnicity, hybridity, new urbanism and so on
7. Gain an understanding of practical implications of theoretical discourse in urban planning Develop an understanding of Africa and how it relates to the world or how the world relates to it.