INTD 3022

Around the world, cities are growing at an incredible speed, particularly in Asia and Africa where megacities continue to increase in number. Along with this growth, new issues are emerging including rising inequality, environmental pollution, climate change, racialized segregation, and growing slums. Municipalities are responding by restructuring and gentrifying urban spaces to attract economic growth, often at the expense of the historically marginalized poor. In this course, we’ll focus on cities around the world in order to understand how rapid urban growth is reshaping cities. Themes include: neoliberalism, migration, informal labour, poverty and exclusion, slums and segregation, environment and health, food security, gentrification and displacement, and alternative urban futures.