Supporting materials/notes from lectures

·         I.  Introduction

II. Concepts and Theory

#02--Urban Geography Overview 

#03--Basic Concepts and Theory

III. Broad Trends and Conditions

·                                 #04--Origins and Growth of Cities

·                                 #05--Global Context-Americas

·                                 #06--Global Context-Europe/Asia/Africa

·                                 #07--National Urban Systems 

First Test

 

IV. Urban Structure and Land Use in Western Cities

·                                 Video:  Saving Pennsylvania

·                                 #09--Urban Land Use 

·                                 #10--Urban Planning/Policy

·                                 #11--Migration-Neighborhood Change

·                                 #12--Housing 

·                                 #13--Urban Retailing

    1. Articles on Wal-Mart: 

“Is Wal-Mart Too Powerful?” Business Week, October 6, 2003 

“Wal-mart Cost Cutting Finds Big Target in Health Benefits” Wall St. Journal, September 30, 2003

·                                 #14--Urban Transportation 

Second Test

 

V. Economy, Society and Polities in Western Cities

·                                 #15—Politics and Local Government

·                                 #16—Power and Urban Governance 

·                                 #17—Economy of Cities

·                                 #18—Work and Division of Labor

·                                 #19—Poverty and Inequality

·                                 #20—Race & Class

#21—Gender 

Reading on women and cities: 

“The City of Women”  Chapter 3 of Castells, Manuel and Jordi Borja with Chris Benner and Mireia Belil (1996) Local and Global:  The Management of Cities in the Information Age (London:  Earthscan)

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·                                 #22—“Queers in Space”

Reading:  John D’Emilio (1989) “Gay Politics and Community in San Francisco Since World War II” pp 456-473 in Hidden from History: Reclaiming the Gay and Lesbian Past.  Edited by Martin Bauml Duberman, Martha Vicinus, and George Chauncey Jr.

·                                 #23—Responses to Urban Decline—Top Down 

·                                 —Video:  Holding Ground   Also see www.dsni.org

·                                 #24—Bottom-up Responses to Urban Decline

·                                 #25—Collective Consumption 

·                                   Third Test

 

VI. Urban Geography in the Third World

·                                 #26—Context of Third World Urbanization    

·                                 #27&28—Internal Structure of Cities and Migration Issues

·                                 #29—Urban Economy in the Third World 

·                                 #30—Third World Labor Markets  

·                                 #31—Housing  

·                                 #32--Video:  Journey to Planet Earth:  The Urban Experience

·                                 #33—Environment & Health

·                                 #34—Traffic and Transport 

·                                 #35—Power and Politics

·                                 #36—Urban Social Movements  

 

VII. Future of Cities

#36--Sustainability 
#37--Information Technology and Urban Processes 

Fourth Test

 

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