Producing theoretical and practical knowledge on the interrelationships between formal and informal urban contexts, health disparities, social justice and development planning in the Global South
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- Urban health is an emerging professional and academic field, aiming to link development planning to health, recognising the centrality of human health in advancing sustainable urban development.
- Study the link between development planning and health to be found in urban governance (institutions), in the physical (land, infrastructure) and the social (community) environments.
- Visiting experts, site visits and field-trip overseas to a location in Global South provide a contemporary real-world perspective.
- Learn how to evaluate, analyse and develop intervention strategies, and become familiar with more advanced research tools, theory and methodology.