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Infrastructure and Economic Growth (BCPM0008)

Key information

Faculty
Faculty of the Built Environment
Teaching department
Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction
Credit value
15
Restrictions
This module is only available to students enrolled on the following programmes MSc Construction Economics and Management MSc Project and Enterprise Management MSc Real Estate Economics and Investment Analysis Please note that places are limited on the optional modules and will be allocated to students on a first come first served basis.
Timetable

Alternative credit options

There are no alternative credit options available for this module.

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

Intended teaching term: Term 2 听听听 Postgraduate (FHEQ Level 7)

Teaching and assessment

Mode of study
In person
Methods of assessment
100% Coursework
Mark scheme
Numeric Marks

Other information

Number of students on module in previous year
29
Module leader
Dr Kumar Aniket
Who to contact for more information
bssc.enquiries@ucl.ac.uk

Last updated

This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.

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Important information

The catalogue has been updated with key information about the modules that will run during the 2024/25 academic session. Current and prospective students can browse through the catalogue to consider possible module choices for the coming year.

Please note,听information in the catalogue is听subject to change as teaching and assessment arrangements for 2024/25 may need to be adjusted in line with the University's Feedback and Assessment principles and operating model.

Centrally managed exam durations will be provided on students' individual exam timetables. Arrangements for locally managed exams and in-class activity will be confirmed by the teaching department for the module.

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