Urban Structure and Process
Course Code
SOCI 20104 20
Cross Listed Course Code(s)
SOSC 25100, CRES 20104, GEOG 22700, GEOG 32700, SOCI 30104, ARCH 20104, ENST 20104, CHST 20104
Course Description
This course reviews competing theories of urban development, especially their ability to explain the changing nature of cities under the impact of advanced industrialism.
Analysis includes a consideration of emerging metropolitan regions, the microstructure of local neighborhoods, and the limitations of the past American experience as a way of developing urban policy both in this country and elsewhere.
Instructor(s)
Rob Vargas
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