Cities are multi-dimensional entities with centres and peripheries that constitute complex systems in big cities and built-up regions. This complexity is reflected in their political and administrative spheres, cities or plurimunicipal nuclei, metropolitan areas of variable geometry, new “strategic” regions sprawling across territories divided into municipalities, provinces and even states. The governability of these areas, i.e. the feasibility of government policies, brings with it new challenges.
We build city upon city, old and new peripheries are as problematic as they are opportunities; sprawling cities require urban innovation and a new administration. They need integrated urban policies to avoid them becoming the object of public authorities and sectorial and specialised professions.
This course analyses both the complexity of urban society and urbanising dynamics, relating spatial forms to the urban strategies generated by globalisation and the diffusion of current information technologies. Lastly, it looks at the concept of citizenship today, the rights and duties of those integrating it and the corresponding government policies.
At the end of the course, students will have gained a basic knowledge of what has been christened “the urban revolution”. Any professional whose work is related to the city, whether as a member of the public sector, researcher, teacher, political decision-maker or social leader, needs this type of knowledge today.
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Price
480 euros
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The programme fees should be confirmed on enrolment.
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