Urban Poverty and Development

College Wycliffe College
Instructor(s) Rowe, Clayton
Course Code WYP2623HS
Semester Second Semester
Section 6201
Online Yes
Credits One Credit
Location Online – Synchronous
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 Thu 
Start Time 11:00
End Time 13:00
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 2020
Currently Offered Winter 2023