ECN G260: Urban Economic Systems
Examines urban economic systems including systematic relationships among cities, as well as those within cities. The portion of the course devoted to inter-metropolitan analysis covers central place theory, the location of economic activity, and intermetropolitan trade. Intra-metropolitan analysis includes urban form and land use, land use controls, and local government systems.
ECN G261: Urban Economic Development
Examines urban economic development processes. Topics include models and techniques for describing and evaluating urban economies; development strategies and tools; commercial, industrial, and housing development; and problems of poverty and housing.
ENV G260: Geograpic Information Systems (GIS)
Examines geographical information systems (GIS), a way to input, store, analyze, and display spatial data (data with a geographic location). Introduces the major components and applications of this exciting new tool. Consists of two lectures and one laboratory period a week. Laboratory exercises introduce methods of data analysis as well as practical issues of how to manipulate various GIS software packages.
Fall 2008
Key # 30047
Tuesday 5:45 to 6:50pm and
Thursday 5:45pm to 9:45pm
ENV G261: Advanced Topics in GIS
HST G217: Grad Reading in American Social History
Examines recent historical literature on changes in American society over the last hundred years. Possible topics include race, ethnicity, class, gender, migration, demography, deviance, and social policy.
HST G311: Grad Seminar in Urban History
Examines the history of the modern city, with a focus on America and on Boston, and discusses local history sources and their analysis.
LPS G309: Green Cities
POL G334: Urban Gov't and Planning
Explores issues and problems in urban government, such as legal dependence, government finance and administration, rapid growth of suburban and metropolitan areas, and decline and decay of the central city. Goes beyond POL G314 to include a professional activity related to urban planning.
POL G335: Urban Development
Analyzes the creation and implementation of urban development policies and programs. Explores subsidies and taxes, housing, commercial and industrial development, and job creation and training projects in terms of their historical, political, economic, and social dimensions. Goes beyond POL G315 to include a professional activity related to urban planning.
POL G336: Problems in Metropolitan Policymaking and Planning
Examines the broad challenges that confront metropolitan areas-defined as including the center city, its immediate suburbs, and the broader periphery-including economic development, land use, transportation, housing, and the provision of basic services. Considers the array of tools available to policymakers, including planning, tax policy, pooling of services, and zoning. Includes a professional activity related to urban planning.