Permit by the lecturer is required. Students must be enrolled in the lecture 103-0570-00 G, Urban Planning and Urban Policy.
Abstract
We live in an urban and urbanizing society. Cities and dense regions are places where transformations such as climate change, economic globalization, settlement expansions, migration, or digitization manifest themselves first and most clearly. In this lecture, we study how cities plan for and react to these global transformations.
Learning objective
The research paper gives student an opportunity to conduct an in-depth (comparative) case study of interesting urban policies in cities worldwide. The research paper is a case-based analysis of a urban policy issue that students can choose based on the course content and their interest. The length of the research paper should be around 4000 words, excluding references.
