This course presents an overview of city planning and urban design by focusing on the history and theories of urbanism across history and geography. In addition to the lectures on urbanism, the course ...

Few terms are more misunderstood than “urban sprawl.” Generally, it refers to the spatial expansion (dispersion) of cities and has been use to describe urbanization from the most dense (least ...

The internet, the magazines and TreeHugger are full of everything from wonderful new tiny prefabs on wheels to glorious green towers, innovative and different forms of housing that everyone thinks are ...

While atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels are higher than ever before, an estimated 2.5 billion additional people are expected to integrate into urban areas worldwide by 2050, making reduced urban ...