New courses in Urban Studies and Planning from MIT OpenCourseWare, provider of free and open MIT course materials. http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning 2013-06-14T17:40:20+05:00 MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu en-US Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course studies the interaction between law, courts, and social movements in shaping domestic and global public policy. Examines how groups mobilize to use law to affect change and why they succeed and fail. The class uses case studies to explore the interplay between law, social movements, and public policy in current areas such as gender, race, labor, trade, environment, and human rights. Finally, it introduces the theories of public policy, social movements, law and society, and transnational studies. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=d71adcfb84db6da5589889e3d20ea295 http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-166-law-social-movements-and-public-policy-comparative-and-international-experience-spring-2012 Rajagopal, Balakrishnan 2013-05-13T15:34:59+05:00 11.166 11.496 en-US law social movements public policy comparative international Occupy Wall Street gender law Arab Spring social justice human rights feminism women's rights India United States labor economics MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This is the final course in the three-course sequence (11.129, 11.130 and 11.131) that deals with the practicalities of teaching students. Areas of study will include: educational psychology, identification of useful resources that support instruction, learning to use technology in meaningful ways in the classroom, finding more methods of motivating students, implementing differentiated instruction and obtaining a teaching job. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=152006d1a05e6c04fde60d56b393333e http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-131-educational-theory-and-practice-iii-spring-2012 Gibb, Reen 2012-12-17T15:12:28+05:00 11.131 en-US education psychology theories of cognitive development use of technology in classroom motivation of students social development moral development emotional development information processing differentiated instruction standardized tests MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm An introductory course on teaching and learning science and mathematics in a variety of K-12 settings. Topics include education and media, education reform, the history of education, simulations, games, and the digital divide. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=89200248328b7cc8eff4aba4e4fcc720 http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-124-introduction-to-education-looking-forward-and-looking-back-on-education-fall-2011 Klopfer, Eric Huang, Wendy Graziano, Jo-Ann Haas, Jason 2012-06-27T13:42:39+05:00 11.124 en-US education teaching learning science mathematics education reform education and media history of education simulations games digital divide classroom technology MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This seminar examines efforts in developing and advanced nations and regions to create, finance, and regulate infrastructure and energy technologies from a variety of methodological and disciplinary perspectives. It is conducted with intensive in-class discussions and debates. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=f9efc9a8f068eedc20330bab7917099d http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-165-infrastructure-and-energy-technology-challenges-fall-2011 Polenske, Karen R. Ratanawaraha, Apiwat 2012-06-27T13:42:32+05:00 11.165 11.477 en-US Energy infrastructure energy crisis energy security economics of public goods and infrastructure Infrastructure development infrastructure policy infrastructure financing energy system food security political economy of energy long term development of energy infrastructure financing infrastructure delivery MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This is a seminar course that explores the history of selected features of the physical environment of urban America. Among the features considered are parks, cemeteries, tenements, suburbs, zoos, skyscrapers, department stores, supermarkets, and amusement parks. The course gives students experience in working with primary documentation sources through its selection of readings and class discussions. Students then have the opportunity to apply this experience by researching their own historical questions and writing a term paper. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=a6846eed051a76f21b39977816ba803b http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-014j-american-urban-history-ii-fall-2011 Fogelson, Robert 2012-06-18T11:01:10+05:00 11.014J 21H.232J en-US urban planning urban design cities downtown skyscrapers buildings open space infrastructure traffic congestion "white flight" suburban development urban renewal urban blight retail and business centers and districts zoos entertainment MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course is designed to prepare you for a successful student teaching experience. Some of the major themes and activities are: analysis of yourself as a teacher and as a learner, subject knowledge, adolescent development, student learning styles, lesson planning, assessment strategies, classroom management techniques and differentiated instruction. The course requires significant personal involvement and time. You will observe high school classes, begin to pursue a more active role in the classroom in the latter part of the semester, do reflective writings on what you see and think (journal), design and teach a mini-lesson, design a major curriculum unit and engage in our classroom discussions and activities. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=98652ca65deff9e79fc6f1f6d458ab4c http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-129-educational-theory-and-practice-i-fall-2011 Gibb, Reen 2012-06-12T17:01:58+05:00 11.129 en-US education teacher education adolescent development learning styles lesson planning assessment classroom management differentiated instruction high school classroom curriculum special education MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This introductory survey course is intended to develop an understanding of key issues and dilemmas of planning in non-Western countries. The issues covered by the course include state intervention, governance, law and institutions in development, privatization, participatory planning, decentralization, poverty, urban-rural linkages, corruption and civil service reform, trade and outsourcing and labor standards, post-conflict development and the role of aid in development. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=ec455dd777987c79c9276d7b868ce29a http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-701-introduction-to-international-development-planning-fall-2011 Rajagopal, Balakrishnan 2012-06-06T14:57:01+05:00 11.701 en-US international development colonialism imperialism human rights global state markets NGOs social movements urban rural migration trade outsourcing corruption aid poverty global security conflict state intervention governance law privatization participatory planning decentralization civil service labor post-conflict MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm "Designing a dream city is easy. Rebuilding a living one takes imagination."    -Jane JacobsThis course examines the challenges that cities will face and strategies they can use to prepare for the impacts of climate change. Particular attention will be paid to the presence of global disparities, the needs of vulnerable populations and resource constrained locales, and the ways in which local government and community-based activities can achieve equitable levels of climate-readiness.  http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=695f97f5bd1310369d9ae3a37150508d http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-941-urban-climate-adaptation-spring-2011 Carmin, JoAnn 2012-01-17T15:48:42+05:00 11.941 en-US climate change urban urban vulnerability adaptation climate urban planning environment resiliency city community MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm City to City, as a class, will jump into the complexity of planning in New Orleans, a post-disaster city. City-to-City will ask how a post-disaster city grapple with its ideas of identity, what it is, who it represents, and how it projects its sense of self to residences, businesses, tourists, and to the outside world. In considering its people, how do city planners think about who lives where and why? At the same time, how can city planners celebrate a city's history and its culture and how can these elements be woven into reconstruction? Students will travel from Cambridge to New Orleans over Spring Break to meet and consult with their alumni clients, and continue to work on projects. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=bfbe19fd619384de43ba6ada554705b7 http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-027-city-to-city-comparing-researching-and-writing-about-cities-new-orleans-spring-2011 Abbanat, Cherie Miot 2012-01-17T15:47:07+05:00 11.027 en-US New Orleans urban planning recovery Hurricane Katrina field work rebuild disaster cities researching writing MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm For the first time in history, the global demand for freshwater is overtaking its supply in many parts of the world. The U.N. predicts that by 2025, more than half of the countries in the world will be experiencing water stress or outright shortages. Lack of water can cause disease, food shortages, starvation, migrations, political conflict, and even lead to war. Models of cooperation, both historic and contemporary, show the way forward. The first half of the course details the multiple facets of the water crisis. Topics include water systems, water transfers, dams, pollution, climate change, scarcity, water conflict/cooperation, food security, and agriculture. The second half of the course describes innovative solutions: Adaptive technologies and adaptation through policy, planning, management, economic tools, and finally, human behaviors required to preserve this precious and imperiled resource. Several field trips to water/wastewater/biosolids reuse and water-energy sites will help us to better comprehend both local and international challenges and solutions. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=8c51c18f940bca995349e5987fff63b2 http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-s196-global-freshwater-crisis-spring-2011 Murcott, Susan 2011-12-28T15:54:18+05:00 11.S196 11.191 en-US Freshwater water shortage water systems water transfers dams pollution climate change scarcity water conflict/cooperation food security agriculture MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm A truly inter-disciplinary course, Housing and Land Use in Rapidly Urbanizing Regions reviews how law, economics, sociology, political science, and planning conceptualize urban land and property rights and uses cases to discuss what these different lenses illuminate and obscure. It also looks at how the social sciences might be informed by how design, cartography, and visual studies conceptualize space's physicality. This year's topics include land trusts for affordable housing, mixed-use in public space, and critical cartography. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=8929b5dbce1546624fb4274575b16dc7 http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-483-housing-and-land-use-in-rapidly-urbanizing-regions-fall-2011 Kim, Annette M. 2011-12-14T12:51:04+05:00 11.483 en-US housing land use urban urban land property rights economic growth social justice design policy public space city urban planning MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This introductory survey course is intended to develop an understanding of key issues and dilemmas of planning in non-western countries. The topics covered in this course will include state intervention, governance, law and institutions in development, privatization, participatory planning, decentralization, poverty, urban-rural linkages, corruption and civil service reform, trade and outsourcing, labor standards, post-conflict development, and the role of aid in development. The course will illuminate current development challenges through published research in the field. The literature is rich, and across many disciplines in the social sciences. Case studies and real world examples through interaction with planning practitioners are drawn from around the world. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=fbef6f62261bf72eafd11b7dcc082cf7 http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-701-introduction-to-international-development-planning-fall-2010 Rajagopal, Balakrishnan 2011-08-16T08:12:35+05:00 11.701 en-US developing-country governments international organizations NGOs economies of scale diseconomies of scale international development planning externality historical advances in developing and developing countries interaction between planners and institutions decentralization, provision of low-cost housing, new-town development progress anti-planning arguments state-centered planning social control bureaucracies good governance market institutions collective action decision making political savvy legal sensibility MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This seminar will explore the difficulties of getting agreement on global definitions of sustainability; in particularly building international support for efforts to combat climate change created by greenhouse gas emissions as well as other international resource management efforts. We will focus on possible changes in the way global environmental agreements are formulated and implemented, especially on ways of shifting from the current "pollution control" approach to combating climate change to a more comprehensive strategy for taking advantage of sustainable development opportunities. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=3cf7f9e5838ff9e564c916e41e6daf94 http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-364-international-environmental-negotiation-fall-2010 Moomaw, William Susskind, Lawrence 2011-07-05T11:39:37+05:00 11.364 en-US sustainability managing common resources transboundary pollution control economic development social development environmental resource protection environmental protection standardsinternational negotiations multi-lateral negotiations representation voting issue linkage balancing science and politics Climate Change Convention MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm Microeconomics will ground you in - surprise - basic microeconomics-how markets function, how to think about allocating scarce resources among competing uses, what profit maximizing behavior means in industries with different numbers of competitors, how technology and trade reshapes the opportunities people face, and so on. We will apply economic ideas to understand current economic problems, including the housing bubble, the current unemployment situation (particularly for high school gradutes), how Google makes its money and why healthcare costs are rising so fast. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=e8996059dfe643f64d86f0891ea871a0 http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-203-microeconomics-fall-2010 Levy, Frank 2011-06-24T11:09:39+05:00 11.203 en-US microeconomics markets economy competition economic development supply and demand oligopoly MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm Planning Economics will apply microeconomic theory to issues that markets don't always handle well and so are not usually covered in a standard microeconomics course. Issues for this year include global warming, how you value a national park, the economics and politics of New York City development, how cities form and why people are willing to pay more to live in, say, the Boston Metro area, than they would pay to live in rural North Dakota, and how to evaluate costs and benefits that occur at different points in time.  http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=32b49e13d4df4104d7fe12bf0925f703 http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-202-planning-economics-fall-2010 Levy, Frank 2011-06-23T13:01:09+05:00 11.202 en-US planning economics markets zoning global warming urban studies MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This subject explores the techniques, processes, and personal and professional skills required to effectively manage growth and land use change. While primarily focused on the planning practice in the United States, the principles and techniques reviewed and presented may have international application. This course is not for bystanders; it is designed for those who wish to become actively involved or exposed to the planning discipline and profession as it is practiced today, and as it may need to be practiced in the future. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=7786eae137b723a7de3b4ad7ddd5f449 http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-360-community-growth-and-land-use-planning-fall-2010 Szold, Terry Sengupta, Annis 2011-06-22T11:17:38+05:00 11.360 en-US land use planning practicum community growth GIS Newton MA zoning Needham Street MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm The purpose of the course is to cultivate the sensibilities necessary for effective planning practice. This objective rests on one key assumption: that a set of key sensibilities creates the right mindset for practice. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=e30ef653d89998803307a00843824a25 http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-201-gateway-to-the-profession-of-planning-fall-2010 Sanyal, Bishwapriya 2011-06-21T16:17:52+05:00 11.201 en-US urban planning profession regional planning development planning city planning methodology technology rational comprehensive strategic incrementalist top down planning globalization MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course provides a rigorous and critical introduction to the foundation, structure and operation of the international human rights movement. It includes leading theoretical and institutional issues and the functioning of the international human rights mechanisms including non-governmental and inter-governmental ones. It covers cutting-edge human rights issues including gender and race discrimination, religion and state, national security and terrorism, globalization and human rights, and technology and human rights. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=fc0b296210d2d9b48e25ad2c89b7539f http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-164-human-rights-in-theory-and-practice-fall-2010 Rajagopal, Balakrishnan 2011-06-17T12:08:43+05:00 11.164 11.497 17.391 en-US human rights public international law history international relations universality cultural specificity NGO's duty-based rights social movements law international relations sociology political science policy dilemmas government regulation MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This is a seminar about the ways that urban design contributes to the distribution of political power and resources in cities. "Design," in this view, is not some value-neutral aesthetic applied to efforts at urban development but is, instead, an integral part of the motives driving that development. The class investigates the nature of the relations between built form and political purposes through close examination of a wide variety of situations where public and private sector design commissions and planning processes have been clearly motivated by political pressures, as well as situations where the political assumptions have remained more tacit. We will explore cases from both developed and developing countries. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=e5810b7738988d3dcb1558dce581e6a8 http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-302j-urban-design-politics-spring-2010 Vale, Lawrence 2011-02-01T08:12:32+05:00 11.302J 4.253J en-US urban design urban politics design politics political extremes urban resilience public housing architecture political values aesthetics gender politics power capitol design MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm This course is a seminar on the history of institutions and institutional change in American cities from roughly 1850 to the present. Among the institutions to be looked at are political machines, police departments, courts, schools, prisons, public authorities, and universities. The focus of the course is on readings and discussions. http://www.pheedcontent.com/click.phdo?i=627bb9c8737b89635ea2119fa48f5f9c http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/urban-studies-and-planning/11-013j-american-urban-history-i-spring-2010 Fogelson, Robert 2010-11-15T16:51:26+05:00 11.013J 21H.231J en-US American urban history political machines police courts schools welfare prisons hospitals universities electric railways public authorities housing MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu Content within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/terms/index.htm