NIGK13018U Rural-Urban Connections the Global South

Students will acquire knowledge about:

• Current debates about urbanization in the Global South, including urban livelihoods, urban-rural linkages, the urban hierarchy, environmental consequences of urbanization, and urban policy and planning challenges.
• Empirical aspects of urban livelihoods, including multi-locality, informal economy, poverty and slums.
• Research methods that can be utilized when collecting primary data and analysing secondary data.

Students will acquire skills to:

• Identify key processes and challenges in urbanization in the Global South
• Assess the potential impact of global, national and local policies on urban livelihoods
• Identify relevant theories and monitoring tools for analyses of urbanization in the Global South

• Sequence a variety of research methods for the assessment of urban livelihoods, including both quantitative and qualitative tools.
• Use appropriate statistical techniques to measure urbanization, population change and poverty.
• Structure, write and defend an 8,000 word essay

Students will acquire competences to:

Analyze, assess and apply results, methods, theory and data in connection with urbanization in the global south