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Dates11-22 August 2014LocationBeijing, Beijing UniversityDeadline for applications16 June 2014WebsiteAll informations to be found at:http://www.lse.ac.uk/study/summerSchools/LSEPKUProgramme/Home.aspxIn addition, an urban course, Urban Asia and China, explores the characteristics of urban development and the place-specificities of urban growth strategies in the cities of East and Southeast Asia. Thematic topics include speculative urbanism, politics of urban (re-)development, gentrification, cities of spectacle and mega-events, governance, migration and the right to the city. The course will benefit from the geographical advantage of taking place in Beijing and make use a number of China case studies to examine the differences as well as similarities of urban development between Chinese and other Asian cities.Source: Dr Hyun Bang Shin, Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and Political ScienceRead more&#160; 