Courses
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Sites of Consumption: Case Studies on the Commodification of Architecture, Urban Space, and Culture
Now we are left in a world without urbanism, only architecture. The neatness of architecture is its seduction; it defines, excludes, limits, separates from the…
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Introduction to Urban Design Techniques
This seminar course will introduce students from outside the discipline of urban design to the approaches, techniques, and tools of urban design necessary to structure…
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Modern Architecture and Urbanism in China
Modernizing influences, largely from the hands of foreign powers, first forcefully entered into China and began to take root in the aftermath of the Opium…
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Rethinking Suburban History
Rethinking Suburban HistoryRecent historical research about American suburbs demonstrates that they are much more varied and complicated than previously imagined. Descriptions of \”the suburbs,\” as…
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Villages in Development in the Pearl River Delta
Villages in DevelopmentThis workshop will focus on villages in China\’s Pearl River Delta. The rapid development of the region has increasingly led villages away from…
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Land Tenure and Property Rights as a Development Strategy: International Theory & Practice
In contemporary international development practice, a central principle holds that weak and insecure land and property rights are obstacles to economic growth and poverty reduction.
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Public Approvals for Private Development Projects
Because most urban development is undertaken by private proponents but has important societal implications, it is subject to increasingly rigorous and often contentious public review.
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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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The Design of Housing in the United States
Drawing partially from the work of the instructor, weekly lectures and discussions will consider those aspects of the design of housing that are critical for…
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There Goes the Neighborhood: Perceptions and Realities of Neighborhoods and Neighborhood Change
James Stockard, Toni L. Griffin
Neighborhoods are the stuff of which cities are made. Downtowns are the iconic parts of cities and commercial and industrial districts are important. But neighborhoods…