Atlas of Urban Expansion. Massive urbanization, accompanied by the rapid expansion of cities and metropolitan regions and the sprawling growth of megacities the world over, is one of the most important transformations of our planet.
Much of this explosive growth has been unplanned. Cities in developing countries have been unprepared for absorbing the many millions of the rural poor that are still crowding into informal settlements. These cities are now scheduled to double their urban population in the next thirty years, and possibly triple the land area. And while in industrialized countries the great transformation into an urban society is largely completed, there are growing concerns about continuing low-density sprawl and its deleterious environmental consequences - the effects on carbon emissions, energy use, and the loss of prime agricultural lands. Urban expansion, in short, is now a global concern. Worldmapper: The world as you've never seen it before. Freie Digitale Landkarten. Le Monde diplomatique.
Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis. In this section you will find information on how you can get involved with CASA.
You can apply for a place on one of our courses, either as a student on our MRes and MSc courses; MSc Smart Cities and Urban AnalyticsMRes Smart CitiesMRes in Advanced Spatial Analysis and Visualisation or by undertaking an MPhil / PhD research degree. Occasionally CASA runs short skills-based courses which are open to everyone, such as podcasting and iPhone app development. We run these at various times throughout the year and details of forthcoming events will be published in due course.