GEOG 1HB3 - Human Geographies: City and Economy

3 unit(s)

Introduction to the key concepts of human geography, and in particular urban and economic geography. Topics include: the meaning, and changing significance, of globalization; the causes and consequences of uneven economic development; the nature of changes in world population via demographic change and migration; theories of economic location; and the nature and consequences of global urbanization.
Two lectures, one lab (two hours); one term