Urban Research CentreMetropolitan Structures: Cities in TransformationWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101310.1
Discipline: ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN ENVIRONMENT NEC
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
Quantitative analysis and statistical knowledge.
About this Unit
In 2010 this unit replaced by 101633 - Managing Cities: History and Theory. This unit will deal with the significance of the morphology of the city and the changes influencing its transformatin within metropolitan regions. Urban managers make decisions in relation to land use, housing and transportation that will require the capability and the tools to perform spatial demographic and statistical analysis of the suburbanisation processes will provide the understanding and the tools to design solutions to urban challenges. This unit will provide an overview of the expertise to be acquired within the full program.