3. Course content/structure: Properties of urbanisation in developed countries: suburbisation, city centre deterioration, urban conflicts, city renewals. City elitisation and recycling. Urbanisation in the under-developed countries: challenges and contradictions of urbanisation in under-developed countries, future of urbanisation in under-developed countries. Cities and globalisation: global cities, city and suburbia, inequality and global cities. City management in global era: managing global processes, cities and industrial, political and cultural items, cities and global government. Dwelling and dwelling cultures in cities: residential needs and residential policy; quality, quality and dwelling modes, social inequalities in dwelling and social segregation. Quality of living in modern cities: freedom of personalities and creativity, personal and social disorganisation. Urban planning: human needs, social values and social integration in planning the city development. Cities and markets. Economic aspects of globalisation and the influence on economic dynamics of cities. Location of companies in cities. Competitive advantage of city centres. Urban land costs. Cities and economics based on knowledge. Urban structures and service industry. Economic geography of urban structures. Informal economy in urban structures. Economic models of urban development. Size of enterprises and size of cities. Stages in industrial development of cities. Dynamically optimal hierarchical city network. Models in savings with city land.