Courses
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Elements of Urban Design and Planning
Martin Zogran, Patricia Zingsheim
The Elements course is the foundation design studio administered by the Department of Urban Planning and Design, and it is required of all first year…
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Havana, Cuba IV: La Rampa – A 20th Century Modern Preservation District
Prerequisites:Students will be expected to possess a high degree of design capability and interest in the following areas: Urban design and planning at the master…
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Backward and Forward in Time: Urban Rehabilitation in the Xicheng District of Beijing
Today, unlike earlier periods when the proverbial \”urban bulldozer\” was encouraged to move through dilapidated innercity areas with a certain alacrity, making way for new…
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Reinterpreting 1960s Urbanism; Case 1: Tandy Center, Fort Worth, Texas
This studio, kindly sponsored by the PNL Companies of Dallas, Texas, will deal with a recurrent and endemic North American urban design problem: an important…
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Planning in Paradise: Urban Redevelopment – Honolulu, Hawaii
Prerequisites:A high degree of design interest and some degree of computer literacy is expected, as this studio will focus on urban planning and design issues…
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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 City of Leisure and Tourism
Since the 1960s, tourism has had a profound impact on cities. Many great cities, such as Paris or Rome, are discovering that their historic centers…
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Proseminar – Defining Urban Design
A seminar required for (and limited to) first year students in the MAUD and MLAUD programs. The course establishes the foundations of contemporary urban design…
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Introduction to Urban Planning and Design
This course provides an understanding of the dynamics that created contemporary urban and regional spatial patterns, of social theories pertinent to urbanized societies, and of…
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Urban Politics and Land Use Policy
Alan Altshuler, David Luberoff
COURSE OBJECTIVES AND DESCRIPTION The course views cities and urban regions as political constructs. Its purposes are to help you think strategically about major urban…
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Markets and Market Failures
This course introduces economics to students who have had little previous exposure to the subject. Basic tools are covered, including supply, demand, and market equilibrium;…
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Real Estate Finance and Development
This course is intended to give students the training they need to engage in real estate investment and development, both private and public. No prior…
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Planning and Environmental Law
This course examines the range of land use and environmental laws that affect the use, preservation, and development of land in the United States. The…
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Temporary Urbanism
Freaknik in Atlanta, the Union Square Greenmarket in Manhattan, Critical Mass in San Francisco, Burning Man in Nevada, riots, demonstrations, parades, and festivals all over…
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Transportation Planning and Development
Access and mobility are essential elements of an urban plan. Transportation strategies directly impact and interact with land use planning, zoning, economic development, and urban…
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Design, Law, Policy
Prerequisites: GSD 5201, GSD 5206, or equivalent background.Law has a powerful imprint on the design of the built environment. As much as technological innovation, market…
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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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Digital Cartography Workshop: Assembling a GIS Database
This module provides students with the productivity skills that will permit them to make use of electronic information in their studios. Students will learn to…