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Undergraduate course

Project description

This case describes a graduate level course in City and Regional planning,�Issues in Global Sustainable Development: Adapting Formality and Informality in Rapidly Urbanizing Places,� and an associated day-long conference entitled �Why Cities? Informality as a Way of Life: Challenges to Sustainable Urban Development,� and photo contest, undertaken by the Weitzman School of Design, the Penn Institute for Urban Research, and Perry World House, University of Pennsylvania in 2019.

Year 2019

Location United States

Organization University of Pennsylvania

Project aims

The course aims to familiarize students with the contents and implementation of five global agreements (Sendai, Addis Ababa, Agenda 2030, Paris, New Urban Agenda) approved by the United Nations between 2015 and 2016 and others on biodiversity, humanitarian, and international migration/refugees. The conference aims to engage students with researchers and practitioners who are actively implementing the agreements.

Project outcome

The students will have an understanding of the importance of the SDGs, their relationship with other global agreements and the opportunities and challenges of implementing them in low and moderate income countries.