2494 (v.5) Geography 214 - Urban Development and Planning in Australia and Europe - Historical, Political and Socioeconomic Perspectives

Area:

Department of Social Sciences

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Fieldwork:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Anti Requisite(s):

3421 (v.4) Geography 314 - Urban Development and Planning in Australia and Europe - Historical, Political and Socioeconomic Perspectives
11285 (v.3) Australian Studies 354
12652 (v.2) Anthropology 323 - Life in the City - Urban Anthropology or any previous version
12684 (v.2) Australian Studies 254
12714 (v.2) Anthropology 223 - Life in the City - Urban Anthropology or any previous version

Prerequisite(s):

1436 (v.4) Geography 111 - Natural Hazards - Geography of the Global Distribution, Causes and Impacts of Natural Hazards and Strategies Used to Minimise Risks or any previous version
AND
1437 (v.4) Geography 112 - Global Change - Demography, Economic Development, Environment, Urbanisation and Social Inequality or any previous version

Syllabus:

Historical aspects of urban development. Urban systems and central place systems. City form and structure. The factors influencing the location of residential, commercial and industrial land uses. The effects of urbanisation on the physical and social environment. Case studies from Australia, Western Europe, North America and Monsoon Asia will be utilised extensively for illustrative purposes.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

090309 Human Geography

Funding Cluster:

05 - Behavioural Science, Social Studies

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External