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Contemporary urban environments
infoWhy this? Urbanisation transforms settlement patterns, livelihoods, and environments, making cities central to understanding contemporary inequality and sustainability. Examining urban change alongside social divisions, urban climates, drainage, and waste enables us to evaluate how planning and management can improve quality of life while reducing environmental impacts.
scheduleWhy now? Earlier work on place identity and regeneration, global economic connections, and water and carbon cycles provides complementary foundations for understanding urban environments. Studying cities at this stage lets us integrate human and physical geography and apply the evaluative skills strengthened through Hazards and independent enquiry to questions of urban sustainability.