Portland-State-University 2023-2024 Bulletin

USP 325U Community and the Built Environment

This course examines the relationships between urban form and social patterns, and efforts by urban designers to influence community life by shaping the built environment. The history of ideas about urban form and community development, and the history of proposed and implemented projects will be surveyed, and their relevance for contemporary urban planning and design practices will be assessed. Initiatives in the Portland metropolitan area to enhance community livability will be studied.

Credits

4
  • Up one level
  • 300