This course introduces the essential elements of urban and social policy. At the end of this course, students should:

• have a good understanding of modern processes of urban development and the nature of cities;
• have a good understanding of the processes that shape social welfare;
• understand how urban processes relate to social policy issues;
• have knowledge of the key elements of urban sociology such as access to urban opportunity, issues of social cohesion and social exclusion; 
• appreciate the major urban and social policy issues facing Hong Kong; 
• understand the politics of urban and social controversies that emerge in urban settings.