This course offers an intensive study of village and city locations and their development. We will study the properties of urban and rural areas and the basis of Palestinian demographical accumulations, the relationships between urban and rural areas, and means of measuring urban phenomena with particular focus on Palestinian cities. Students will also cover analyses by urban professionals, urban gradation and related theories, and will study the problems of the cities in general and Palestinian cities in particular, including the suggested solutions. The course also explores changes in urban locations and land use, especially in the most populated areas of Palestine. The sorts and importance of new cities will also be studied, including the possibility of constructing the new cities in Palestine. This will also cover Bedouins in Palestine and the possibilities of incorporating them into rural communities.
