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American Urban History I, Spring 2005

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Subject: Social Sciences
Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
Grade Level: Post-secondary

Abstract: Seminar on the history of institutions and institutional change in urban America from roughly 1890 to the present. Among the institutions considered are political machines, police departments, schools, courts, hospitals, prisons, welfare departments, and universities. Focuses on readings and discussions.

Media Technology and City Design and Development, Fall 2002

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Subject: Social Sciences
Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
Grade Level: Post-secondary

Abstract: Explores the potential of information technology and the internet to transform public education, city design, and community development in inner-city neighborhoods. Associated with the West Philadelphia Landscape Project, an ongoing action-research program integrating research, teaching, and community ... More »

Out of Ground Zero: Catastrophe and Memory, Fall 2005

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Subject: Humanities, Social Sciences
Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
Grade Level: Post-secondary

Abstract: Subject offers a cross-cultural and trans-historical perspective on the problems of catastrophe and the process of memorializing. It asks what media and various art forms can offer to the project of collective memory. It engages key texts on the notion of "ground zero" in the urban cultures of Europe ... More »

Public Transportation Service and Operations Planning, Fall 2003

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Subject: Science and Technology
Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
Grade Level: Post-secondary

Abstract: This course describes the evolution and role of urban public transportation modes, systems, and services, focusing on bus and rail. Technological characteristics and their impacts on capacity, service quality, and cost are described. Current practice and new methods for data collection and analysis, ... More »

Theory of City Form, Spring 2004

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Subject: Arts, Social Sciences
Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
Grade Level: Post-secondary

Abstract: Theories about cities and the form that settlements should take will be discussed. Attempts will be made at a distinction between descriptive and normative theory, by examining examples of various theories of city form over time. The class will concentrate on the origins of the modern city and theories ... More »

Urban Housing: Paris, London, New York, Fall 2004

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Type: Course Related Materials
Subject: Arts
Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
Grade Level: Post-secondary

Abstract: This class presents an analysis of the development of housing models and their urban implications in Paris, London, and New York City from the seventeenth century to the present. The focus will be on three models: the French hotel, the London row house, and the New York City tenement and apartment building. ... More »

Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Planning in Developing Countries, Spring 2005

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Subject: Social Sciences
Collection: MIT OpenCourseWare
Grade Level: Post-secondary

Abstract: Policy and planning for the provision of water supply and sanitation services in developing countries. Reviews available technologies, but emphasizes the planning and policy process, including economic, social, environmental, and health issues. Incorporates considerations of financing, pricing, institutional ... More »