Course Information

Course Code:
Course Number:
Code Course Name Language Type
MIM 495E Housing in Developing Countries English Elective
Local Credits ECTS Theoretical Tutorial Laboratory
3 4 3 0 0
Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction
Prerequisites None
Class Restriction None
Course Description
Course focuses on city, environment, and housing problems in the context of urban and social policies and design issues. Conceptual and theoretical frameworks related to housing are researched in both developing and developed countries. Effects of Industrialization, urbanization, and migration on housing are examined. In the planned and unplanned developments design alternatives, social development, and housing policies are addressed through examples. Urban transformation and policies are discussed through examples of housing. Legal and illegal communication networks between governments and communities and participatory approaches are examined.