Urban Poverty and Development

Date Cancelled
College Wycliffe College
Instructor(s)
Course Code WYP2623HF
Semester First Semester
Section 0101
Online No
Credits One Credit
Location Toronto (St George Campus)
Description

Reviews the challenges faced by urban development facilitators today. Engages urbanisation and migration across the planet (especially the global South), the data on urban poverty, and today's blurring of rural and urban into a continuous, dynamic rural-urban continuum. Looks at the role of NGOs, churches and other partners in working with the urban poor, and reviews a range of urban community-based development approaches. Also considers the five types of urban communities, the new physics

Schedule Wed
Start Time 10:00
End Time 12:00
Hours Per Week 2
Minimum Enrolment 10
Maximum Enrolment 20
Teaching Method
Lectures
Practicum
Means of Evaluation
Class Participation
Book Review
Other
Previously Offered Fall 2018
Currently Offered Fall 2020