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CY PLAN 98
SPECIAL GROUP STUDY
WADDELL

(1-3) Course may be repeated for credit. One to three hours of directed group study per week. Enrollment is restricted. Grading option: Must be taken on a passed/not passed basis. Group studies developed to meet specific needs of students.

Transit in the City

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CY PLAN 110
INTRODUCTION TO CITY PLANNING
STAFF

(4) Three hours of lecture/discussion per week, plus additional fieldwork. Prerequisites: Open to majors in all fields. Survey of city planning as it has evolved in the United States since 1800 in response to physical, social, and economic problems; major concepts and procedures used by city planners and local governments to improve the urban environment.

Extended Course Description

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CY PLAN 111
INTRODUCTION TO HOUSING: AN INTERNATIONAL SURVEY
STAFF

(3) Three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Prerequisites: 110 or Economics 1 or consent of instructor; open to majors in all fields. Housing problems, government housing policy, and housing as a field of urban planning practice. Emphasis on critical International Issues in the Third World and the United States.

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CY PLAN 114
INTRODUCTION TO URBAN & REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
CHATMAN

(3) Three hours of lecture per week. This course is designed to introduce students to the characteristics of urban transportation systems, the methods through which they are planned and analyzed, and the dimensions of key policy issues confronting decision makers.

Extended Course Description

Efficient, safe, and sustainable transportation is essential to the social, economic, and environmental well-being of cities and regions. This survey course covers a range of themes related to the planning of such systems. We focus on multi-modal ground transportation--autos/highways, mass transit, paratransit, and non-motorized transport--at multiple geographical scales ranging from local neighborhoods to large urban regions. The course concentrates on contemporary policy issues and problems such as traffic congestion, air pollution, energy consumption, social equity, and transportation finance. The institutional and political environment that governs transportation planning and practice are an important theme as well. As background we also study the historical evolution of transportation systems; how transportation systems have shaped metropolitan areas; variance in travel demand in regions; and how transportation planning is carried out in the US.

There is one required textbook: The geography of urban transportation, 3rd edition, edited by Susan Hanson and Genevieve Giuliano (2004, The Guilford Press). Most of the remaining readings will be in a reader that can be purchased from Krishna Copy. Some additional readings will be made available via the bspace site or distributed in class.

CY PLAN 116
URBAN PLANNING PROCESS--THE UNDERGRADUATE PLANNING STUDIO
STAFF

(4) Four hours of lecture/discussion per week plus fieldwork. Prerequisites: Upper division standing; 110 or consent of instructor. An intermediate course in the planning process with practicum in using planning techniques. Classes typically work on developing an area or other community plan. Some lectures, extensive field and group work, oral and written presentations of findings.

Extended Course Description

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CY PLAN 118AC
THE URBAN COMMUNITY
STAFF

(4) Three hours of lecture/seminar and one hour discussion per week. This course looks at the idea and practice of community in cities and suburbs and at the dynamics of neighborhood and community formation. Topics include urban social geography, ethnicity, and identity, residential choice behavior, the political economy of neighborhoods, planning for neighborhoods and civic engagement. Instructors emphasize different topics. Class size limits depend on the instructor. This course satisfies the American cultures requirement.

Extended Course Description

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CY PLAN 120
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND PUBLIC POLICY FOR DISABILITY
DEAR

(3) Three hours of lecture per week. This course reviews what society and local communities can do in terms of policies, programs, and local planning to address the needs of citizens with disabilities. Attention will be given to the economics of disability, to the politics of producing change, and to transportation, housing, public facilities, independent living, employment, and income policies. Options will be assessed from the varying perspectives of those with disabilities and the broader society.

Extended Course Description

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CY PLAN 198
SPECIAL GROUP STUDY
WADDELL

(1-3) Course may be repeated for credit. One to three hours of directed group study per week. Enrollment is restricted. Grading option: Must be taken on a passed/not passed basis. Group studies developed to meet specific needs of students.

Transit in the City

Description to come.