Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2503710 Geography, Environmental Management and Spatial Planning | OT | 4 | 1 |
2504216 Contemporary History, Politics and Economics | OT | 3 | 2 |
2504216 Contemporary History, Politics and Economics | OT | 4 | 0 |
2504216 Contemporary History, Politics and Economics | OT | 4 | 1 |
2504216 Contemporary History, Politics and Economics | OT | 4 | 2 |
Previous requirements are not considered.
Main goals are referred to three issues when discussing the urban impacts of the globalization process and the challenges that sustainable cities would have to face in the near future during the 21st century:
- Description, explanation and análisis of the globalization process proposing different specific historical moments to illustrate its own evolution and progress, with special attention to the present day context.
- General explanation on how economic-political-environmental-social-cultural globalization trends are directly related with the main dynamics of change and transformation characterising cities at the present moment.
- Introduction to the most relevant challenges at the present moment in regard with the achivement of sustainable cities and urban-metropolitan spaces, paying special attention to some global impacts affecting local urban structures.
SECTION I. Perspectives on the globalization process.
SECTION II. Urban globalization: main impacts and consequences for cities.
SECTION III. Reconciling globalization processus with urban sustainability. Is the global sustainable city possible?
- Theroretical classes exposed by the professor.
- Presentation and discussion of different audiovisual materials.
- Readings.
- Group discussion on the course main issues.
- Exercises.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Presentation of audio-visual materials | 25 | 1 | 4, 6, 2 |
Theoretical lessons | 21 | 0.84 | 1, 4, 5, 6, 2 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Preparation of exercises, discussions and presentations | 22 | 0.88 | 1, 3, 10 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Elaborating applied exercises | 20 | 0.8 | 3, 9, 10 |
Preparation of the exam | 30 | 1.2 | 3, 9, 10 |
Readings | 30 | 1.2 | 3, 9 |
Assessment and evaluation
Information about the assignments and the written exam:
Assignment 1. Handing an essay on one of the books from the course bibliography or handing a comparative essay in regard with the analysis of different study cases of urban globalization.
Assignment 2. Exercises dossier (different exercices proposed by the professor during the course will be presented configuring one single document).
Exam. Written exam in regard of the course material (basic and complementary bibliography, thematic files provided by the instructor on a weekly basis and digital resources provided during the course).
Important notes:
- Handing assignments 1 and 2 is required before the exam.
- Assistance to a minimum amount of 75% of the tuition sessions will be considered as a very positive asset in regard with the final evaluation.
- The written essay (exam) has a very remarkable importance since is devoted to evaluate the performance of the student in regard with the thematic files and the digital resources provided by the instructor and it directly evaluates the knowledge effectively acquired by the student when considering the contents of the course. This is to say, it will be very important achieving a minimum qualification ('pass') in regard with the exam.
Evaluation criteria
- Rigor and clarity in regard with the exposition of statements in regard with the concepts and materials considered for the evalaution of the materia.
- Capability for proposing examples directly related with the bibliography of the course and other additional materials proposed by the professor.
- Initiative in regard with completing the materials provided by the professor taking advantage of the ownindividualresearch.
Re-evaluation
-The re-evaluation of the materia considers the improvement of the evaluation test also based on the use of the bibliography of the course and the rest of compulsory materials provided by the professor.
-Having presented the assignments 1 and 2 is required for re-evaluation.
- The qualification 'No avaluable' is only possible in the case of not having presented any assignment or the exam. In the case of presenting some of the assignments or the exam represents not having the right to apply for the 'No avaluable' qualification. Només es podrà tenir una qualificació de "no avaluable".
La copia o plagi de material, tant en el cas de treballs com en el cas dels exàmens, constitueixen un delicte que serà sancionat amb un zero a l'activitat. En cas de reincidència es suspendrà tota l'assignatura. Recordem que es considera "còpia" un treball que reprodueix tot o gran part del treball d'un/a altre/a company/a. "Plagi" és el fet de presentar tot o part d'un text d'un autor com a propi, sense citar les fonts, siguin en papero en format digital. Vegeu documentació de la UAB sobre "plagi" a: http://wuster.uab.es/web_argumenta_obert/unit_20/sot_2_01.html
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Elaboration of an essay on readings or a brief research on urban globalization study cases | 30% | 0 | 0 | 1, 3, 9, 11, 10 |
Preparing a written essay (exam) | 35% | 2 | 0.08 | 4, 5, 6, 10 |
Preparing an exercise portfolio | 35% | 0 | 0 | 3, 4, 7, 2, 8, 9, 11, 10 |
Bibliography
George, Rose (2014) 90% de todo. La industria invisible que te viste, te llena el depósito de gasolina y pone comida en tu plato. Capitan Swing Ed.
Graham, Stephen (2003) The Cybercities Reader. Routledge.
Honey, Marta; Frenkiel, Kelsey (2021) Overtourism: lessons for a better future.Island Press.
Muñoz, Francesc (2008) Urbanalización: paisajes comunes, lugares globales. Gustau Gili, Barcelona.
Nel·lo, Oriol; Mele, Renata (eds. 2016) Cities in the 21st Century. Routledge: London.
Sassen, Saskia (2007) Los espectros de la globalización. Fondo de Cultura Económica. Buenos Aires.
Sassen, Saskia (2011) Ciudad y globalización.Textos urbanos. Vol. VII. El Quinde. Quito.
Sequera Fernández, Jorge (2020) Gentrificación: capitalismo ‘cool’, turismo y control del espacio urbano. Catarata.
Sassen, Saskia (2015) Expulsiones. Brutalidad y complejidad en la economía global. Katz Editores, Buenos Aires.
Stiglitz, Joseph (2002) El malestar de la globalización. Taurus.
Vollmer, Lisa (2019) Estrategias contra la gentrificación. Por una ciudad desde abajo. Katakrac.
World Cities Report (2016). Urbanization and Development. Emerging Futures. UNHABITAT.
World Cities Report (2020). The Value of Sustainable Urbanization. UNHABITAT.
No requirements needed in regard with software. The only requirements referred to the use of texts editors and design of digital presentations (ppt files or similar).