Principles of Urban Sociology & Demography PLNC 5206A

Course description:

This course covers the importance of the study of the built environment, their social structure and fabric, as well as interest in the culture of human populations and their impact on urban design for different sites.Study and analysis of the psychological and social ideas that are affected by the relationship between the individual and the environment, and compare it with the local reality.Study the city as one social unit in itself in terms of its inception and growth and development based and function, and analysis of the problems arising from this growth and development.Study the interrelationship between human behavior and the surrounding urban environment.

Course Aims:

This course aims to:
  • Link building social communities that you design.
  • Understanding the built environment, their social structure and tissue culture of societies.
  • Understand the impact of the built environment on urban design.
  • Understand the psychological and social ideas that are affected by the relationship between the individual and the environment.
  • Understand the complexity in terms of city planning, being one social unit in itself in terms of its inception and growth and development construction and function, in terms of the problems arising from this growth and development.
  • Perception diagrams associated with architectural design, especially social, demographic and psychological.

Course outcomes:

The student after his study of this course is able to:
  • Gaining cognitive with as regards the components of the built environment and its impact on architectural design and planning.
  • Awareness of the social, demographic, and psychological aspects influencing the design and layout.
  • Research skills through research conducted by students.
  • Mental skills by linking social and demographic matters of design and planning.