Courses
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Contemporary Urban Dynamics
Today in the United States, urbanization processes are multiple and contradictory. This course will describe and analyze a broad spectrum of emerging urban phenomena, ranging…
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The Culture of Cities
During the 19th century, as dramatic urban transformations rendered many European and American cities nearly unrecognizable, a new urban discourse emerged. Urban critics struggled to…
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Social Texts and Polemical Cities
This seminar examines the way representations of society and culture areembodied in social texts and their relation to the design of alternativeurban spaces and places;…
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Urban Projects and the Development Approval Process
Course Description and Objectives:Large-scale development projects in American cities typically require a series of approvals from municipal, state and occasionally federal boards and agencies. These…
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Political Economy of Urbanization
Over the last two decades or so, cities have been undergoing a drastic process of restructuring. An ever-growing number of terms – urban villages, edge…
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Affordable Housing and Community Development: The Role of Design
Description: The current process for the production of affordable housing in the US will be generally reviewed, with an emphasis on how urban design and…
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The Politics of Urban Development
Provides an overview on how large US cities and metropolitan areas makedecisions about both public investments (in facilities such as roads,transit systems, airports, stadiums, and…
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Fundamentals of GIS
Picking up where GSD 2108 M-1 leaves off, this second module course is for students who want to extend their understanding and mastery of the…