ECON 517
Urbanization and Development
Last Offered Spring 2014
Division II
Cross-listed ENVI 388
This course is not offered in the current catalog

Class Details

At current rates of growth, the combined population of urban areas in developing countries will double in the next 30 years. The land area devoted to urban use is expected to double even more quickly. The costs of providing housing and infrastructure to accommodate this growth are enormous, but the costs of failing to accommodate urban development may be even larger. The decisions made in response to these challenges will affect the economic performance of these countries and the health and welfare of the urban residents. By affecting global patterns of energy use, these decisions will have broader impacts on the entire planet. This course will focus on these challenges. What are the economic forces that drive the process of urbanization, and how does the level of urbanization affect economic development? How are policies towards housing, transportation, public finance and development affected by urbanization? What policy choices are available, and which are most likely to succeed in dealing with the challenges of urban growth?
The Class: Format: lecture/discussion
Expected: 20
Class#: 3322
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: a midterm and a final exam, plus a paper that evaluates specific problems, policy alternatives, and provides some analysis of relevant data
Prerequisites: ECON 251 plus POEC 253, ECON 255, 502 or 503; undergraduate enrollment limited and requires instructor's permission
Distributions: Division II
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
ENVI 388 Division II ECON 388 Division II ECON 517 Division II
Attributes: ENVI Environmental Policy
INST - Urbanizing World Electives
POEC Comparative POEC/Public Policy Courses

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