Using film as a lens to explore and interpret various aspects of …
Using film as a lens to explore and interpret various aspects of the urban experience in both the U.S. and abroad, this course presents a survey of important developments in urbanism from 1900 to the present day, including changes in technology, bureaucracy, and industrialization; immigration and national identity; race, class, gender, and economic inequality; politics, conformity, and urban anomie; and planning, development, private property, displacement, sprawl, environmental degradation, and suburbanization.
This course examines the economic, political, social, and spatial dynamics of urban …
This course examines the economic, political, social, and spatial dynamics of urban growth and decline in cities and their key component areas (downtown, suburbs, etc.). Topics include impacts of industrialization, technology, politics, and social practices on cities. Students will examine the role of public and private sector activities, ranging from zoning and subsidies to infrastructure development and real estate investment, in affecting urban growth and decline. Readings are both theoretical and empirical, with considerable thought paid to comparative and historical differences.
This course examines the evolving structure of cities and the way that …
This course examines the evolving structure of cities and the way that cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas can be designed and developed. Boston and other American cities are studied to see how physical, social, political and economic forces interact to shape and reshape cities over time.
This lesson is for advanced learners who study Built Environment ( Urbanism) …
This lesson is for advanced learners who study Built Environment ( Urbanism) and need to learn English for specific Purposes (ESP). The lesson focuses on 3 skills ( reading/speaking/writing) and also makes the learners familiarise to the vocabulary dedicated to New Urbanism register.The pre-reading tasks make the learners get ready to the text through brainstorming and definition tasks. They are supposed to work in groups and pairs and give feedback to the whole class in an interactive way.The reading tasks allow the learners to read the text and get the necessary information to answer the questions either in pairs or groups. The post reading task is a writing task that makes the learners describe the phenomenon of the sprawl in their country/city and get involved in suggesting some solutions. ( pair work)
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