GEOG431 | URBAN GEOGRAPHY

The course deals with the concept and importance of urban geography, the construction and development of urban centers and the proper classification and differentiation between urban and rural centers and the urban centers allocations and structures. The spatial allocation of urban centers and its development will also be studied. The course will also focus on the main theories on the growth of urban centers and its land uses, the international classification of land uses inside urban centers, land uses survey in urban centers, master plans for urban centers, as well as the urban centers problems with applications on the problems related to the Palestinians’ urban centers and agglomerations.

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GEOG230 | INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN GEOGRAPHY