If we are to make sense of the future of humanity, we must understand the future of the city. For some scholars the 21st century globe will see the most significant change of human history - the move of most of the world to live in cities - a planetary urbanism that has changed the way we live globally, the way we organise ourselves economically and the impact humanity has on our environment in an age that we consequently now describe as the Anthropocene.
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Shaping Urban Futures
Indian Institute for Human SettlementsAbout this Course
People in cities working on pressing urban issues
All urban scholars, from early career researchers to veteran urbanists, and everyone in between
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- Urban sciences
- Urban research
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Shaping Urban Futures: An Introduction
How to Know a City: New Urban Sciences
What to Know in a City: New Urban Formations
How Cities are Changing: Urban Disruptions
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Shaping Urban Future is correctly order course in urban challenge and complexities across global world. The course has insight and fine line of understanding the urban future with academic experts.
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