AR-507 / 3 credits

Teacher: Lerch Mathias

Language: English


Summary

This course introduces theoretical developments and empirical evidence on city population change worldwide, as well as on its interactions with sustainable development.

Content

Keywords

Urbanisation - Change and sociodemographic composition of city populations - Urban mortality, fertility and migration - Urban diversity - City hierarchy - Human development and Environmental change

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

  • Synthesize demographic concepts of urbanization and urban growth
  • Analyze how urban populations change, and quantitatively measure those changes
  • Compare international trends in urban demography
  • List the socioeconomic determinants of change in mortality, fertility and migration in urban areas
  • Describe the channels through which urban population growth, human development and environmental change are related to each and another in a system
  • Assess / Evaluate the urbanisation-development interlinkages in two countries of interest

Teaching methods

Lectures, lab sessions, interaction among students

Expected student activities

Weekly compulsory reading

Active participation in the course

Participation in lab sessions

Writing (and oral presentation) of a short research report

 

Assessment methods

Active participation in class (reading list)

Completion of the lab-session assignments,€“ 10% of grade

Oral presentation in class of a quantitative analysis of demographic changes in cities and their interactions with sustainable development in one or two chosen countries (building on the lab-assignments), 30% of grade

Writing of a report of the quantitative analysis presented in class (3000 to 4500 words if single-authorship, 5000 to 8000 words if dual authorship)€, 60% of grade

Supervision

Office hours Yes
Assistants Yes

Resources

Moodle Link

In the programs

  • Semester: Spring
  • Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Urban demography
  • Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 12 weeks
  • Semester: Spring
  • Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Urban demography
  • Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 12 weeks
  • Semester: Spring
  • Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Urban demography
  • Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 12 weeks
  • Semester: Spring
  • Exam form: During the semester (summer session)
  • Subject examined: Urban demography
  • Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 12 weeks

Reference week

 MoTuWeThFr
8-9     
9-10     
10-11     
11-12     
12-13     
13-14     
14-15     
15-16   SG0213 
16-17    
17-18     
18-19     
19-20     
20-21     
21-22     

Thursday, 15h - 17h: Lecture SG0213

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