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GEOG305 Urban Geography

10 cp
Prerequisites GEOG101 Human Geographies of Globalisation
Teaching Organisation 3 hours per week for twelve weeks or equivalent, including a compulsory one-day excursion to investigate Sydneys Changing Urban Landscape.

This unit focuses on the Human Geography of cities. It is concerned with trends and issues that affect cities, and how we understand and interpret cities. During the course we will investigate the changing nature of the built environment of cities and the processes that influence these changes. In particular, we will investigate how changes in the urban environment are reflective of distinctive relationships between people and places, how people choose to live in the urban environment, and how these choices are constrained by wider forces. We will discuss contemporary changes in housing, employment, retail, ethnicity and community in cities, as well as the role of government and private sectors of society in shaping the human geography of the city.

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