URBS 250 - Urban Geography: Space, Place, Environment

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

(Same as GEOG 250) With the majority of the world’s population living in urban areas, city-regions have become a key site for understanding contemporary social, political-economic, and environmental issues. This course focuses on the making of urban spaces, places, and environments at a variety of geographical scales. We examine historical and current patterns of urban development, sense of place and place making, inequalities of race, class, and gender, urban culture and place branding, environmental and spatial justice, and urban risk and resilience in facing climate change. Concentrating on American urbanism, case studies include New York City, Poughkeepsie, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Students also research urban issues, including land-use planning and public space, historic preservation, transit-oriented development, urban ecology and restoration, urban sustainability programs, and social movements, in cities of their own choice. The Department.

Two 75-minute periods.

Course Format: CLS