IntroductionThe module introduces key approaches, theories and ideas for the study of urban health with an emphasis on the Global South emerging scholarship. The module will focus on the links between planning and health equity as well as on social justice and health disparities. The main questions to be discussed in this module are: How (and why) does the urban (as both political and spatial entity) (re)produce health disparities?; What are the epistemological and ideological foundations that shape intervention strategies in order to create strategic transformation in the field of urban health? And what is the role of planners, architects and development experts in promoting health justice? ObjectivesThe module aims to equip students with the knowledge and tools to critically understand the interrelationships between formal and informal urban processes in the Global South, planning and their effects on health justice. The module will discuss the health effects of urban processes at the level of urban and peri-urban communities and individuals. This module aims to produce an integrative, interdisciplinary and critical perspective of the interrelationships between urban processes and health disparities in general, and in the Global South in particular, examining both clinical and spatial dimensions of health such as infectious diseases, noncommunicable diseases, chronic diseases, social injustice and violence in cities.Learning ObjectivesOn completion of the module, participants will have:An in-depth understanding of the interrelationships between urban processes and health justice and their relation to infectious diseases, noncommunicable diseases and violence An in-depth knowledge of key concepts about how health disparities are shaped by urban processes, both in cities in general and in the Global South in particular Knowledge of the impacts of different development planning initiatives on urban justice and wellbeing in different regions.