Urban Development

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The Urban Development program offers an intensive yet balanced education on the nature of urbanism, the processes affecting urban growth, and the methods and techniques used to analyze urban markets, land use, and urbanization. 

Areas of Study

Urban Development
(Honours Specialization)

 

 

Prepare for your future career

This interdisciplinary program prepares students for careers in businesses and agencies concerned with urban development.

Urban Development Sample Courses

  • Accounting and Business Analysis 
  • Spatial Statistics
  • Land use and Development Issues 
  • Financial Feasibility of Urban Developments 
  • Real Estate and the Cities 
  • Micrometeorology 
  • The Evolution of Cities 
  • "Nature" in the City 
  • Life in the Contemporary City 

Career Possibilities

  • Real estate management 
  • Research firms
  • Planning consultants
  • Land developers
  • Appraisal firms
  • Industrial location consultant
  • Urban and regional development 
  • Federal and provincial ministries concerned with revenue
  • Housing

Hear from Godwin Arku, Professor in the Urban Development program, about his research: