<p>Lecture, three hours. Urban social and ecological change are intertwined and coproduced. Inquiry into how we can better understand and intervene in this critical relationship, in global context of technological promise, extensive urbanization, ecological crises, and increasingly isolationist and splintered societies. Examination of big problems, and big ideas and big plans that may be necessary to address them as well as what enables large-scale urban environmental projects to be conceived and implemented. Letter grading.</p>

Urban Planning

At the convergence of social work, urban planning, and policymaking, the school identifies and develops emerging areas of research and teaching, cultivating leaders and change agents who advance solutions to society’s most pressing problems.

Meyer and Renee Luskin School of Public Affairs

The department trains students to be a professional urban planner who works on the creation and management of the urban environment, including its physical, economic, and social elements.

General Catalog

Urban Futures: Space, Ecology, Society

URBNPL243

4 units