| Module code | TPI 811 |
| Qualification | Postgraduate |
| Faculty | Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology |
| Module content | Scope, nature and rationale of metropolitan and urban area-based interventions; unique problems in metropolitan areas, for example inner city decay, fringe development, housing, services backlog, the dysfunctional apartheid cityscape and dependency on private transport; types of intervention (inter alia institutional, spatial, economic and social) in order to accomplish restructuring and development in metropolitan areas in South Africa in a relevant, social and environmentally accountable way; policy and legislation regarding urban restructuring and development in South Africa; international and local case studies; impact of globalisation on South African metropolitan areas and major cities; simulated metropolitan and urban area-based intervention exercise. |
| Module credits | 20.00 |
| Programmes | |
| Prerequisites | No prerequisites. |
| Contact time | 40 contact hours per semester |
| Language of tuition | Module is presented in English |
| Academic organisation | Town and Regional Planning |
| Period of presentation | Semester 1 |
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