Browsing Urban Studies and Planning (11) - Archived by Subject "urban design"
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11.001J / 4.250J Introduction to Urban Design and Development, Fall 2001
(2001-12)Examines the evolving structure of cities and the way that cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas can be designed and developed. Guest speakers present cases, involving current projects, which illustrate the scope and ... -
11.013J / 21H.231J American Urban History I, Spring 2005
(2005-06)This course is a seminar on the history of institutions and institutional change in American cities from roughly 1850 to the present. Among the institutions to be looked at are political machines, police departments, courts, ... -
11.014J / 21H.232J American Urban History II, Fall 2004
(2004-12)This is a seminar course that explores the history of selected features of the physical environment of urban America. Among the features considered are parks, cemeteries, tenements, suburbs, zoos, skyscrapers, department ... -
11.302J / 4.235J Urban Design Politics, Spring 2003
(2003-06)This is a seminar about the ways that urban design contributes to the distribution of political power and resources in cities. "Design," in this view, is not some value-neutral aesthetic applied to efforts at urban development ... -
11.308J / 4.213J Advanced Seminar: Urban Nature and City Design, Fall 2005
(2005-12)This course explores the urban environment as a natural phenomenon, human habitat, medium of expression, and forum for action. The course has several major themes: how ideas of nature influence the way cities are perceived, ...