Courses
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Emerging Urbanity Case Studies of Pacific Rim Megaprojects
Emerging Urbanity is an inquiry that seeks to answer a series of interrelated questions on the character of urban space in the contemporary city. It…
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Configurations of Public Space – debate and design
Description:As the object of desire for a vast array of urban constituents involved in the making of the city, public space is the subject of…
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Field Studies in Real Estate
Field studies sponsored by property owners, non-profit organizations and public agencies in the United States will be undertaken by students working in teams of three…
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Housing Policy in the United States: The Intersection of the Public and Private Sectors
In the twentieth century, housing policy in the United States has crafted a complex finance and delivery system. This course will examine the origins of…
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Home vs. Housing:Culture and History of Dwellings in the United States
The dialectic of home and housing provides the framework for an investigation into the cultural values, design, and planning of residences in the United States.
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The Design of Housing in the United States
This course will investigate architectural, urban design, and planning related components of the design of multi-family housing. Drawing largely from the completed work of the…
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Housing Delivery Mechanisms in the United States
This module will examine the process by which housing is produced in the United States. The course considers the primary actors in the delivery system,…
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Havana – challenges and opportunities
Against all odds, the Cuban Revolution has managed to survive the end of the Soviet Union, forty-plus years of U.S. direct or indirect hostility, and…
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Industrial Restructuring and Economic Development
This course is organized in three parts. First, it focuses on the economic changes that, over the last twenty years, have taken place in most…
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Strategies for Social Inclusion in Development
Mona Serageldin, François Vigier
This seminar offers students an opportunity to pursue advanced work in urban planning, while addressing the challenge of local development with inclusion at the city…
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Negotiation and Conflict Resolution in Urban Planning and Development
This course introduces students to the practice of negotiation and mediation in the context of urban planning and development. Learning from general theories of negotiation…
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Planning/Regions/Growth
This semester-long course builds on two modules previously offered separately – Regional Planning: Theory and Practice (Carbonell) and From Growth Management to Smart Growth (Yaro).
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Local Government Law
Cross-listed with the Harvard Law School (43500), this course examines the possibility and desirability of decentralization of power in America. In the process of doing…