11.308J / 4.213J Advanced Seminar: Urban Nature and City Design, Fall 2005
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Author(s)
Spirn, Anne Whiston
Alternative Title
Advanced Seminar: Urban Nature and City Design
Date Issued
December 2005
Abstract
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, designed, built, and managed; how natural processes and urban form interact and the consequences for human health and welfare; how planners and designers can shape the urban natural environment. Each student researches and presents a case, either historical or an example of contemporary theory and practice.
Subjects
urban nature
city design
urban design
boston, ma
environmental design
landscape architecture
boston, ma
philadelphia, pa
earth
water
air
urban biome
community building
environmental reconstruction
new orleans, la
environmental restoration
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
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