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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Big cities offer many attractions, but high density also produces traffic congestion and air pollution. Can we have dense urban areas without congested traffic and polluted air Analysis of economic explanations for transportation problems and examination of possible solutions. Because university campuses resemble small cities, they are used as examples to explore various policies (such as BruinGO at UCLA) that universities have adopted to improve transportation. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Seminar, one hour; fieldwork, three hours. Preparation: at least four Urban and Regional Studies minor courses, of which at least one should be related to subject area of service learning setting. Limited to junior/ senior minor students. Designed to serve as complement to service learning requirement and may be used to fulfill capstone requirement for minor. Students are matched to public, private, or nonprofit agency through Center for Community Learning and must complete minimum of 30 hours of work. Duties and responsibilities to be set by students and sponsoring organizations. Readings to be determined in consultation with instructor. P/NP grading.
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4.00 Credits
Tutorial, 12 hours. Limited to junior/senior Urban and Regional Studies minors. Internship in supervised setting in community agency or urban planning setting. Students meet on regular basis with instructor and provide periodic reports of their experience. May be repeated for credit. Individual contract with supervising faculty member required. P/NP grading.
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3.00 Credits
Tutorial, three hours. Limited to juniors/seniors. Supervised individual research or investigation under guidance of faculty mentor. Culminating paper or project required. May be repeated for credit. Individual contract required. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Introduction to new approaches to urban studies, basic concepts and analytical approaches of urban political economy, with major emphasis on American urban problems and restructuring of modern metropolis. Topics include historical geography of urbanization, development and transformation of urban spatial structure, suburbanization and metropolitan political fragmentation, urban fiscal crisis, and role of urban social movements. Concurrently scheduled with course C233. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Introduction to history and physical form of Los Angeles, with emphasis on understanding social, economic, and political issues in development of Los Angeles. Concurrently scheduled with course C284. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
(Same as Asian American Studies M108.) Lecture, three hours; field laboratory. Project-oriented methods course on conducting needs assessment in Asian American communities. Geographic information systems to be used to define problems and needs. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Examination of nature and extent of urban and rural poverty confronting Latina/Latino population in U.S. Special emphasis on antipoverty policies of government and nonprofit organizations and social planning and economic development strategies. Attention also to literature on underclass. Letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors. Study of geographical aspects of transportation, with focus on characteristics and functions of various modes and on complexities of intraurban transport. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, four hours. Examination of institutional and historical evolution of land use in U.S. Comparison and contrasting of how cities have evolved in different parts of U.S. and some recent trends in urbanization. Relationship of state-level land-use policies and politics and ways in which localities plan. Environmental, social, and equity aspects of different patterns of urbanization and likely trends into future. Letter grading.
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