Cities: History, Geography and Form

Course content

1. 1The first citiesComing
2. 2Industrial citiesComing
3. 3Suburbs and the automobileComing
4. 4Urban form and densityComing
5. 5Street patterns and blocksComing
6. 6Urban geography and location theoryComing
7. 7Population and migrationComing
8. 8Neighborhoods and social geographyComing
9. 9Downtowns and edge citiesComing
10. 10Northern and resource townsComing
11. 11Global citiesComing
12. 12Reading a city on the groundComing

Description

How cities grew, how they are shaped, and how geography explains where people and jobs locate.

Part of the Architecture & Planning stream, typically taken in year 1.