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Urbanism and the Global South
University of Sydney - Direct Enroll Program
Sydney, Australia
Dates: 7/23/25 - 11/30/25
Urbanism and the Global South
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: University of Sydney
Location: Sydney, Australia
Primary Subject Area: Urban Planning
Instruction in: English
Course Code: DAAE2012
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 200
Recommended Semester Credits: 4
Prerequisites: None
DESCRIPTION
This unit of study explores urbanism transnationally with a focus on the Global South cities to expose students to the accelerating rate of urbanisation in fundamentally different urban settings. It unpacks complexities of urbanism specific to the Global South including but not limited to enormous rate of urban transformation, massive infrastructure gaps, ubiquitous informality, confronting inequalities, and exponatial rate of climate change. In doing so, the unit sheds light on the historic, socio-economic, and geo-political setting behind the complexity of urban challenges and opportunities in unfamiliar geographies. This will provide students with provocative and productive urban frameworks for all cities, informed by an ability to transfer learnings from the Global South to the local context and unpack some of the growing concerns about widening inequities, infrastructure lags and others.