Cities in a Global World

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

By 2050, more than two-thirds of the world population will live in cities across the globe generating multifarious urban challenges. Cities are therefore very important spaces within which complex economic, political, cultural, and environmental processes are produced and experienced. This module will introduce you to urbanisation from a global perspective. The objective is to understand contemporary processes of urban change in historical perspective from both the global north and the global south. The module will draw on case studies and examples from Asia, South America, Africa, North America, Europe, and Australia to exemplify key themes in urbanism. There is a specific focus on Dublin with associated fieldwork in the inner city.