SeminarinLandUse,HousingandCommunityDevelopment.docVIP

Readings Fall 2014 Set forth below are the readings for the class. One coursepack and one book (Jackson, Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States (1985)) should be purchased at the Professional Bookstore. Aside from Crabgrass, the remaining course materials are either available (1) in the coursepack to be purchased (items marked below as “CP”), (2) on NYU Classes under the “Assignments” tab (items marked below as “NYUC”) organized in folders by class date, (3) where URLs are provided below, directly from the internet, or (4) through the NYU Library website (items marked below as “NYU Lib”) at /. The library readings can be accessed by entering the journal title, selecting one of the databases from the list provided and by searching within the correct year and volume of the journal. To access articles through the NYU Library website from off-campus computers, you will need to enter your NYU NetID and password. Wed. 9/3 WEEK 1: The Roots and Consequences of Urban Distress; Introduction of all Class Members and to Class Requirements 4 to 5:50 pm Last day to drop (by midnight) Topics: Planning Visions of Moses, Jacobs and Bloomberg; The Urban Environment in Context; New York City today (demographics and background). Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961): 152-77. (CP) Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (1975): 850-94. (CP) Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, State of the New York City’s Housing and Neighborhoods 2013 /research/sonychan Only the following three sections: 1. Focus on Income Equality (pgs. 8 to 18) 2. Land Use and the Built Environment (pgs. 20 to 23) 3. Neighborhood Services and Conditions (pgs. 44 to 49) Housing Commission of the Bipartisan Policy Center, “Housing America’s Future: New Directions for National Policy,” /sites/default/files/BPC_Housing%20Report_web_0.pdfOnly pages 15-25 9/5 Submit Paper Topic Preference Sheet to jerry.salama@ before