Provides a general overview of urban history, development and planning traditions. Lectures and field studies give a chronological overview of urban, architectural and design history and the inter-relation to political programs, economic and strategic planning as well as cultural nationalism. The course will extract a number of more general issues about contemporary cities for debate.
This course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s)
- Admission to Environmental Design graduate degree program.
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