Urban Geography

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Critically review the urban geography literature
• Develop convincing arguments for positions on urban geographical issues

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Retrieve and manage trustworthy information
• Write convincing essays
• Present and discuss ideas in groups

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Knowledge of key thinkers, schools, and debates in urban geography
• Understanding of different perspectives on the urban
• Knowledge of key concepts in urban geography
• Understanding of different urban experiences

Indicative topics:

Urban transformations – industrialisation, globalisation, urbanisation

Urban society I – the shock of the urban

Urban society II – the Chicago School

Urban policy I – revolution, reform, escape

Urban policy II – rediscovering the city

The right to the city

Gender and the city

Gentrification

Race and the city

Urbanisation and urban growth in the global south

Urbanisation and political transformation in African cities

Research example I – urban networks

Research example II – urban partnerships

Research example III – localism

Research example IV – urban democracy in the digital age

Research example V – urban subversions: subvertising

Research example VI – AI cities: urban retail

Research example VII – urban violence and security

Research example VIII – urbanisation, modernisation, and women's participation in African politics

Lectures, seminars, guided reading

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.