Re: Urban and Regional Course
I've had some success with using in five of the core chapters of Jane Jacob's classic _The Life and Death of Great American Cities_ (but it might be "Death and Life"). Jacobs is a thought provoking read for students while it is written well enough to be an easy read. Virtually, Bruce McFarling, Pellissippi State [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Urban and Regional Course
I'm starting to think about the fall :^( and redesigning my course on urban and regional theory. Treacy: Sometimes it is fun to use something like Von Thunan's Der Isolated State and compare it to the modern stuff. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marsh Feldman Community Planning Phone: 401/792-2248 204 Rodman Hall FAX: 401/792-4395 University of Rhode Island Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kingston, RI 02881-0815
Re: Urban and Regional Course
On Tue, 7 Jun 1994, Marshall Feldman wrote: > I'm starting to think about the fall :^( and redesigning my course on > urban and regional theory. It's an introductory course for graduate > students in community planning who have no economics or social science > prerequisites. The course is called "Spatial and Fiscal Relationships > of Communities" and I generally teach it as a course in urban theory, > covering such "classic" things as Christaller's central place theory, > the Chicago School's concentric zone theory, etc. and more recent and > radical stuff like flex-spec, and the like. Generally, I've used > Dicken and Lloyd's _Location in Space_ combined with Mike Davis' _City > of Quartz_ the past few years. I'm a bit dissatisfied with the course > covering too much and covering things in too little depth. Does anyone > out there teach a similar course and/or have suggestions? One strategy might be to pick one or two urban areas or urban problems (or 1 or 2 problems in 1 urban area) and then alternate between theoretical and empirical approaches--perhaps even breaking the class into teams who are supposed to produce parts of a larger report. I've used this strategy successfully in teaching computer courses (and with mixed success in teaching about the welfare state). I found that by building the course around a task that's very tangible and very bounded, I could interweave different theoretical approaches, issues, etc. without leaving the students feeling too overwhelmed. However, it does require a lot of thinking/daydreaming about the structure of the course well in advance. Anders Schneiderman UCB Sociology / Center for Community Economic Research
Urban and Regional Course
Hi, I'm starting to think about the fall :^( and redesigning my course on urban and regional theory. It's an introductory course for graduate students in community planning who have no economics or social science prerequisites. The course is called "Spatial and Fiscal Relationships of Communities" and I generally teach it as a course in urban theory, covering such "classic" things as Christaller's central place theory, the Chicago School's concentric zone theory, etc. and more recent and radical stuff like flex-spec, and the like. Generally, I've used Dicken and Lloyd's _Location in Space_ combined with Mike Davis' _City of Quartz_ the past few years. I'm a bit dissatisfied with the course covering too much and covering things in too little depth. Does anyone out there teach a similar course and/or have suggestions? Marsh Feldman Community Planning Phone: 401/792-2248 204 Rodman Hall FAX: 401/792-4395 University of Rhode Island Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kingston, RI 02881-0815
