Description
This module covers the problems faced by developing countries and the role the construction industry can potentially play engendering economic development. The module aims to introduce students to the basic concepts, methods and tools used in development economics to both appreciate the constraints that stop economies from realising their full potential and the role construction industry can play in loosening those constraints.
The students will learn the basic neoclassical growth model and dualism model of economic development and will be introduced to theories that contest these mainstream economic approaches to development. Students will learn the role railways, roads and other large infrastructure projects can play in engendering the process of economic development.
The course will expose the students to both the academic literature and real-world examples of transformative infrastructure projects that have changed the course of history in developing countries. We will have two guest lecturers who are experts in shipping and sustainable development.
Addressing the climate emergency, we also look at pathways for repair and transformation and work together to imagine creative alternatives that can help build ecologically sustainable and just futures.
At the end of the course the students will have a greater appreciation of the problems in economic development and the role construction can play in solving those problems.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.
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