Issues in Sustainable Cities
Urban and Inner City Studies · 3 hrs Lecture
Offered: Winter Only, Even Year
Hard to catch. Runs in even-numbered years only, next in 2026. Miss it and the following chance is 2028.
UIC-3025 prerequisites
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Where UIC-3025 counts
Required by 3 programs:
Counts toward 6 more as one option among several, not as a course you must take:
- ENV 3-YEAR BA (SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE SYSTEMS)
- ENV 4-YEAR BA (SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE SYSTEMS)
- ENV HONOURS BA (SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE SYSTEMS)
- UIC 3-YEAR BA IN URBAN AND INNER-CITY STUDIES
- UIC 4-YEAR BA IN URBAN AND INNER-CITY STUDIES
- UIC HONOURS BA IN URBAN AND INNER-CITY STUDIES
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Description
This course addresses issues of sustainable urban development. Topics may include the following: world population growth and urbanization in developed and developing countries; the impact of technology, trade, and commercial globalization on urban environments; the degradation of land, water, and air inside cities and in their bio-regions; the consumption of fossil fuels and the local and global impact of their combustion; the politics of sustainable urban development; the role of planning and urban administrative practices and policies in environmental degradation and mitigation; and the place of local environmental initiatives in national environmental actions.
Requisite courses
GEOG-2414, or the former GEOG-2404, or UIC-1001, or permission of the instructor (must be taken previously or at the same time as this course).
Restrictions
Students may not hold credit for this course and ENV-3025.
Cross-listed
ENV-3025(3).
From the 2026-27 undergraduate calendar. Always verify details on WebAdvisor or with an academic advisor before registering.