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MSc in Global Urban Development and Planning, University of Manchester - Applications for academic year 2012/ 2013 now welcome
This crossdisciplinary Masters programme provides students with an understanding of cutting edge conceptual and operational debates in global urban development theory and practice. The ultimate aim of the programme is to equip participants with specialist skills to identify and investigate urban development planning solutions in specific contexts, and thus promote more equitable and environmentally sustainable development in cities and towns of the South. The programme is an accredited specialism of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).
Core courses include:
• Urban development planning in cities of the South: an international perspective
• Critical issues in urban inequality
• Best practice case studies in urban development planning in cities of the South
• Climate change, disasters and urban poverty
Optional modules can be selected from an extensive range of course units offered across the School of Environment and Development.
For informal enquiries about the programme, please contact Alfredo Stein ([log in to unmask]) or Melanie Lombard ([log in to unmask]) at the Global Urban Research Centre.
For more information, please see:
http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/courses/08212/index.asp?code=08212&pg=2
Successful applicants have the opportunity to apply for the Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM) Development Leadership Scholarships. For more details contact Lorena Fernandez Sanchez ([log in to unmask]) or see:
http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/funding/#idpm
The Global Urban Research Centre, directed by Prof. Caroline Moser, is a multidisciplinary centre focusing on global urbanisation, poverty, inequality and exclusion. For further information, please see:
www.manchester.ac.uk/gurc
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Philipp Horn
Research Assistant & PhD candidate
Global Urban Research Centre
School of Environment and Development
University of Manchester
Humanities Bridgeford Street
Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9PL
United Kingdom
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