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Urban Sociology & Urban Development

By Dr. Vinita Pandey   |   University College for Women, Koti.
Learners enrolled: 222



By 2050, nearly 7 of 10 people in the world will live in cities. With more than 80% of global GDP generated in cities, urbanization can contribute to sustainable growth if managed well by increasing productivity, allowing innovation and new ideas to emerge.
However, the pace and scale of urbanization brings challenges, including addressing accelerated demand for different services like affordable housing, well-connected transport systems, and other infrastructure, basic services, as well as employment, particularly for urban poor who live in informal settlements for livelihood opportunities.The present course presents the learner with   different modules like emergence, scope, basic concepts in Urban Sociology, urbanization, theories in Urban Sociology, urban problems, urban planning, urban governance and urban development policies


Summary
Course Status : Ongoing
Course Type : Core
Language for course content : English
Duration : 15 weeks
Category :
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit Points : 5
Level : Undergraduate
Start Date : 22 Jul 2024
End Date : 18 Oct 2024
Enrollment Ends : 31 Aug 2024
Exam Date : 14 Dec 2024 IST
Exam Shift :

Shift -1

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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"MOOC - July - December 2024 Course Title: Urban Sociology and Urban Development Semester - 5, Credits - 5 Start Date: 22nd July , 2024 & End Date: 18th Oct 2024" Week Unit No. Day Date Title of Lesson/Module 0 Inroduction / Promo 1st Emergence, Scope and Methods 1 Monday 7/22/2024 Urban Sociology- Concept and Origin 2 Tuesday 7/23/2024 Nature and Scope of urban sociology 3 Wednesday 7/24/2024 Urban Sociology Importance and Methods 4 Thursday 7/25/2024 Feautures of UC RU Diff Friday 7/26/2024 Assignment 2nd Basic Concepts 5 Monday 7/29/2024 Agricultural Revolution 6 Tuesday 7/30/2024 Industrial Revolution 7 Wednesday 7/31/2024 Basic concepts in Urban Sociology 8 Thursday 8/1/2024 Urban Continuum_ Rural Urban Fringe Rururban Friday 8/2/2024 Assignment 3rd 9 Monday 8/5/2024 Urbanization Concept, Causes and Consequences Urbanization 10 Tuesday 8/6/2024 Relationship between Industrialisation, Urbanization and Migration 11 Wednesday 8/7/2024 Emergence and Evolution of Cities Ancient and Medieval 12 Thursday 8/8/2024 Emergence and Evolution of Cities (Modern) Friday 8/9/2024 Assignment 4th Urbanization 13 Monday 8/12/2024 Urbanisation and Changing Face of Urban communities Theories in Urban Sociology I 14 Tuesday 8/13/2024 Contributions of Emaile Durkheim, Ferdinand Tonnies and Georg Simmel 15 Wednesday 8/14/2024 Ecological Theories of Park and Burgess, Homer Hyot, Harris and Ullman 16 Thursday 8/15/2024 Urban Ecology (Patrick Geddes), ‘Urbanism as a way of life’ - Louis Wirth Friday 8/16/2024 Assignment 5th Theories in Urban Sociology I 17 Monday 8/19/2024 Network and Information Society, Culture Economy, City and Spatial Forms Theories in Urban Sociology II and Institutions 18 Tuesday 8/20/2024 Models of Urban sociology 19 Wednesday 8/21/2024 Urban Marriage and Family 20 Thursday 8/22/2024 Urban Stratification System Friday 8/23/2024 Assignment 6th Urban Problems I 21 Monday 8/26/2024 Transportation and Traffic Poverty 22 Tuesday 8/27/2024 Sewerage, Waste Disposal and Management 23 Wednesday 8/28/2024 Environment and Urban Pollution 24 Thursday 8/29/2024 Problems of housing and Slums Friday 8/30/2024 Assignment 7th Urban Problems II 25 Monday 9/2/2024 Crime and Juvenile Delinquency 26 Tuesday 9/3/2024 Beggary and Prostitution 27 Wednesday 9/4/2024 Substance Abuse 28 Thursday 9/5/2024 Urban Health Issues Friday 9/6/2024 Assignment 8th Urban Planning 29 Monday 9/9/2024 Urban Planning: Nature and Scope 30 Tuesday 9/10/2024 Physical and Town Planning 31 Wednesday 9/11/2024 Concept of Social Planning and its Implications on Urban Planning 32 Thursday 9/12/2024 People’s Participation in Urban Planning and Development Friday 9/13/2024 Assignment 9th Urban Governance 33 Monday 9/16/2024 Urban Governance- Concept and Principles 34 Tuesday 9/17/2024 Urban Governance in India- Prospects and Challenges 35 Wednesday 9/18/2024 Decentralization and Democratization in Urban Planning 36 Thursday 9/19/2024 Urban Governance and Media Friday 9/20/2024 Assignment 10th Urban Development Policies 37 Monday 9/23/2024 Smart Cities & Swachh Bharat Mission 38 Tuesday 9/24/2024 Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) 39 Wednesday 9/25/2024 National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM), Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) 40 Thursday 9/26/2024 National Urbanization Policy in India Friday 9/27/2024 Assignment 11th 41 Monday 9/30/2024 Epitome "Urban Planning & Development" 42 Tuesday 10/1/2024 Education, Urban Planning & Development Part-A 43 Wednesday 10/2/2024 Education, Urban Planning & Development Part-B 44 Thursday 10/3/2024 " Education, Urban Planning & Development (Studying Abroad) Part-C " Friday 10/4/2024 Assignment 12th "Urban Planning & Development" 45 Monday 10/7/2024 Artificial Intelligence & Urban Development Part-A 46 Tuesday 10/8/2024 Artificial Intelligence & Urban Development Part-B 47 Wednesday 10/9/2024 " Environmental Sustainability of Smart Cities (Garden City Movement) Part A" 48 Thursday 10/10/2024 " Environmental Sustainability of Smart Cities (Garden City Movement) Part B" Friday 10/11/2024 Assignment 13th "Urban Planning & Development" 49 Monday 10/14/2024 Urban Public Spaces 50 Tuesday 10/15/2024 G20 & Urban Development 51 Wednesday 10/16/2024 Research for urban development Part A 52 Thursday 10/17/2024 Research for urban development Part B Friday 10/18/2024 Assignment

Books and references

Berge1, E.E. (1955). Urban Sociology, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York Cherunilam, Francis (1984) Urbanisation in Developing Countries: A Socio-economic and Demographic Analysis. Himalaya Publishing House Davis, Kingsley, 1962 'Urbanization in India: Past and Future' in Roy Turner (ed.), India's Urban Future, university of California Press. Flanagan, William G. (1993). Contemporary Urban Sociology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Geddes, Patrick (1915). Cities in Evolution. London: Williams and Norgate Ghurye, G. S., (1962) Cities and Civilisation. Popular Prakashan: Bombay McKinsey Global Institute. (2010). India’s Urban Awakening: Building Inclusive Cities, Sustaining Economic Growth Pandey, Vinita. (2021). Urban Sociology. Jaipur: Rawat Publications Ramachandran, R. (2007). Urbanisation and Urban System in India. New Delhi: Oxford Press Rao, M. S. A., ed. (1974). Urban sociology in India: Reader and Source book. New Delhi: Orient Blackswan Sandhu R.S., (2003). Urbanisation in India: Sociological Contributions, Sage, New Delhi. Shivaramakrishan, K. C., Amitabh Kundu and B. N. Singh, (2005). Oxford Hand Book of Urbanisation in lndia, Oxford University Press, New Delhi. Singh, Yogendra. (2000) Culture Change in India: Identity and Globalization. Rawat Publications Sorokin, Pitrim; and Carle Clark Zimmerman. (1929). Principles of Rural and Urban Sociology. New York: Henry Holt & Co. Sovani, N.V. (1966) Urbanization and Urban India Asia Publishing House. Bombay Wirth, Louis. (1938) Urbanism as a Way of Life The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 1-24 Published by: The University of Chicago Press

Instructor bio

Teaching Career at Nizam College,Osmania University since January 2003 – December 2021 Since 31st December, 2021, at Department of Sociology, OU College for Women, Koti, Hyderabad (Telangana Mahila Viswavidyalayam) Education: • B.A. First Division, Osmania University (1997) • M.A. (Sociology), (1999) Osmania University • UGC-NET (1999) • Ph.D., Osmania University (2004) Positions held: • Head, Dept. of Sociology, Osmania University College for Women 2022 – 24 • Head, Dept. of Sociology, Nizam College, Osmania University 2019 - 21 • Assistant Coordinator, IQAC, Nizam College (2018 – 2019) • UGC Liaison Officer, Nizam College (2015 – 2016) • Foreign Students Welfare Officer, Nizam College since (2013 – 2016) • Girl Students Welfare Officer, Nizam College (2013 – 2016) • Course Coordinator of Certificate Course in Human Relations and Personality Development (2013 -2020) • Placement Officer, Nizam College, Hyderabad (2008-10) Publications • Books: 07 • Research Papers: 31 • Course Material for Distance courses (BRAOU, Kakatiya University) National Research Projects Completed • Major research project (ICSSR Sponsored Research Programme) titled “Internal Security and Community Policing: Police Initiatives and Community Participation in Hyderabad” ICSSR, New Delhi, sanctioned in September 2013. Submitted in September, 2015 • Major research project titled Cosmopolitanism and Regionalism: Rethinking Urban Development in Post Industrial Cities – A Case Study of Hyderabad, ICSSR, New Delhi, sanctioned in January 2011; Submitted in April 2013. • Minor research project titled “Social Media and Networking- The New Age Social Communication”, SAP, DSA-Phase I, UGC, Department of Sociology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, 2010 • Minor research project titled “Aspirations and Ambitions of Youth in contemporary society: A comparative Study of Indian and Foreign Students in Osmania University”. SAP, DSA-Phase I, UGC, Department of Sociology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, 2010.


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