Faculty Advisers
Salah El-Shakhs
(co-coordinator), Hooshang Amirahmadi (co-coordinator), Briavel
Holcomb, Donald Krueckeberg, Michael Lahr, Meredeth Turshen
The purpose of this concentration is to train students to effectively
design and implement plans and public policies in regional and
international settings, with particular focus on urbanization and human
settlement systems. Specific topics examined include the effect on
development of both the presence and absence of political stability,
social cohesion, economic equity, the spatial concentration of economic
activity, interindustry linkages, technology transfer, and the
cross-boundary movement of people, trade, capital, and information.
Students must take at least two of the required courses, and at least
four courses total in the concentration. A graduate plan- ning studio
in regional or international planning is strongly recommended.
Required Courses (select two of the three)
34:970:537 International Comparative Planning
34:970:644 International Economic Development
34:970:645 Regional Development
Recommended Courses
16:450:509 Human Geographical Problems of Developing Countries
16:450:525 Restructuring of Central and Eastern Europe after 1989
16:450:605 Geography Seminar
34:832:577 Immigration Policy and Public Health
34:833:540 State and Local Public Finance
34:970:541 Planning for New Communities
34:970:557 International Transport Policy and Planning
34:970:562 Community Economic Development
34:970:575 Locational Conflict
34:970:581 Gender and International Development
34:970:582 Contemporary Issues in Women`s Health
34:970:585 Tourism Planning
34:970:608 Human Rights, Health, and Violence
34:970:609 Social Policy in Developing Nations
34:970:646 Global Restructuring
