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| code: | A3021 | studiebelasting: | 3 sp | periode: | sem. 2 | ||
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| naam: | Cities in international perspective | ||||||
| internet: | rooster | ||||||
| opleiding/fase: | econ/d23/profiel | ||||||
| voertaal: | English | ||||||
| docent(en): | prof.dr. G.A. van der Knaap | ||||||
| contactpersoon: | prof.dr. G.A. van der Knaap | ||||||
| secretariaat: | AE/Ie&ba | ||||||
| aanmelding: | In the first week at the beginning of the lectures | ||||||
| toelatingseisen: | - | ||||||
| aanbevolen: | - | ||||||
| onderwijsvorm: | lectures, 2 hours per week; a detailed schedule on a week by week basis will be available at the beginning of the course |
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| tentamenvorm: | oral of written, dependent upon the number of students | ||||||
| tentamenperiode: | mei/juni | ||||||
| tentameneisen: | - | ||||||
| tentamenstof: | lecture and required literature | ||||||
Globalisation and localisation are major forces in changing the face of the earth. Cities are located in the nexus of these two forces. They provide a hinge function by linking global and local development processes. In this course the focus will be on the impact of these developments on the size, growth and shape of cities as well as on the role these cities play and have played in the past. Cities however are not social and economic nodes in isolation but are part of a network of cities. These networks display both regional and international features. The cities and their networks will be discussed in two ways. On one hand the discussion will concentrate on common characteristics such as the role of business services, de role of government, the impact of planning systems. On the other hand it will be demonstrated that there are considerable variations between major urban regions which vary according to the world region they are part of. These differences will be discussed and illustrated on the basis of a comparison between urbanisation in Asia, North-America and Europe. In the Asian regions, with the exception of Japan, urbanisation, considered as the places where people live, has just started, whereas in Europe or the USA more than 75 % of the population lives already in an urban setting.
The following themes will be discussed:
In addition to the course schedule a week by week literature list is available using a variety of textbooks and journal articles.
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