MW 2:00 - 3:15
PM LA4-104 Instructor:
Dr. Dmitrii Sidorov Web: www.csulb.edu/~dsidorov/geog466_F04.html
Office: LA4-206c, MW12:00–13:30,
or by app. via email (dsidorov@csulb.edu (pref.)). phone ex:51861(don’t use)
Text: Kaplan, D., Wheeler, J.,
Holloway, S. 2004. Urban Geography.
Wiley & Sons.
Description of the course: Examination of cities; their
location, shape, structure and function.
Selected world population clusters, theoretical and practical application
of urban planning
and the evolution of cities are studied. (Lecture-problems.)
Date Topics/Tests Films Page ## to read
Mo Aug 30 Orientation
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URBAN SYSTEMS: intermetropolitan processes / urban dynamics
We
Sep 01 The field of urban geography. Defining
the Urban.
1-21 [22]
Mo Sep 06 Labor Day
We
Sep 08
The origins of cities I. Urbanization
22-39 [17]
Mo
Sep 13 The origins
and development of cities II
40-57 [17]
We Sep 15 Historical development of US cities. Kondratiev
waves 58-82 [24]
Mo
Sep 20
Hierarchies of cities: models. Globalization
83-108 [25]
We
Sep 22 Test 01 Study Guide Test
01
[108]
Mo Sep 27 Models intraurban land use: the CBD vs. the suburbs
We
Sep 29 Changing urban economies
Mo Oct 4 Models of urban social space
Designing for disaster 175-188 [13]
We Oct 6 Factors changing social space; models of social geography
Road to the Future 188-202 [14]
Mo
Oct 11 Urban housing markets
We
Oct 13 Urban transportation [Pacione, on
reserve]
380-399 [19]
Mo Oct 18 Test 2 Study Guide Test
2 [121]
We
Oct 20 Segregation, Race, and Urban Poverty
I Why Riots
Happen?
Mo
Oct 25 Segregation, Race, and Urban Poverty
II 257-270 [13]
We
Oct 27 Immigration, Ethnicity, and Urbanism
I
Mo Nov 1
Immigration, Ethnicity, and Urbanism II
Mexico
288-308 [20]
We Nov 3 Metro Governance and Fragmentation
Mo Nov 8 Planning the
We
Nov 10 Planning the
Mo
Nov 15 Test 3 Study Guide
Test 3 [132]
URBAN WORLDS: regional wrapping up
We
Nov 17 Cities in the
Developed World I Randstad;
Mo
Nov 22 Cities in the Developed World II
We
Nov 24 Cities of Russia (by Mitchneck and Hamilton) [reserve]
Mo
Nov 29 Cities in the Less Developed World
I
We Dec 1 Cities in the Less Developed World II
Mo
Dec 6
Regional Variations in Urban Structure and Form I
We Dec 8 Regional Variations in Urban Structure and Form II
Mo Dec 13
12:30 - 2:30
LA4-104 Test 4 Study
Guide Test 4
[120]Course Requirements
To receive a grade for this
course you are required to complete the four exams and a project (also, bibliography for graduate
students). In addition, you will receive some credit
for your other activities (attendance, responses, take-home assignments,
pop-quizzes).
This is a video-intensive course;
we will watch a number of films. At least for that
reason attendance of all classes is required. Furthermore, the course will be much more interesting if
you actively participate in class. For each attended
class 2 points will be added.
You are expected to submit
23 half- to one page response letter
on readings. It should be typed, and submitted
to instructor in advance via email. No responses
will be accepted after class begins. Ideally, they shall reflect your critical
analytical reading of the text, highlighting what you find interesting
in each chapter and what could be done better. Although
any opinion along these lines is welcome, it might be worth providing some
formal guidelines for the responses. Let’s agree
that the minimal content would include the following:
a) which
of the key concepts, the terms in bold, or topics were new, interesting
and/or remain unclear to you. Based
on any key concepts/terms in bold (or anything else in the chapter) provide
b) two true/false, and c) three multiple choice questions (the most professional
questions indeed will be used for examinations!). (3
points)
Three take-home assignments (15 points each) and
their deadlines will be discussed in class.
Details of the project will be discussed later. You
will need to write a movie review and analysis of a film with an Urban
Geography theme. The point is to connect some of
the general processes and ideas you have learned in class to the lives of
real people in cities. List of suggested titles will
be provided. Most of your grade will be based on
how well you integrate concepts from class and the text into your film review.
The review should be appr five pages (11 points,
1,5 spacing). A summary
of the story line and your opinion of the film should be no more than one
page; your primary task is to illustrate how broader processes influence
the experiences of the characters in the film (75%-80% of the content of
the paper). Some of these processes are economic
change, immigration, urbanization, suburbanization, industry, agriculture,
or religion etc. (30 points).
Graduate students:
Extra requirement: Annotated Bibliography It should consist of the sources you plan to use for
your future urban geography paper. It should cite
your references and add a sentence or two about the contents of the source
that pertains to your research. Citations of the
sources should follow a uniform style (details will be discussed). Resources from the WWW are not acceptable unless they
are electronic reproductions of refereed journals/books (1.5 spacing, 11 point font).
Grading The max number of points that
can be achieved in the course is 600. They
will be distributed in the following way: Attendance
28x2=56 Responses 23x3=69 Assignments 3x15=45 Project 30
Exams 100x4=400
The exams will cover lecture/textbook
material, therefore it is important for you to attend class and read the
text. The points on all tests (#1-4) will be distributed
as follows (total 100):
True-False/Multiple Choice/Short
Answer on Reading/Lecture Material
70
Short essays on
Grades will be posted on the
course web-site using as identifiers the last four digits of students’
ID numbers. If you object to using portion of your
ID for that purpose, provide the instructor with an alternative number.
Makeup Policy Makeups are possible only in
the event of a documented unexpected emergency
(such as health problem) or through prior arrangement with
the instructor when the student has advance knowledge of a compelling conflict
in schedule. Makeups under these two circumstances will be only symbolically
penalized (1-2 points deducted). All other makeup requests are subject
to denial or serious penalty (at least 10 points for each postponed day).
University Withdrawal
Policy It is the student's responsibility
to withdraw from classes. Instructors have no obligation
to withdraw students who do not attend classes and may choose not to do
so. Withdrawal from a course after the first two weeks of instruction requires
the signature of the instructor and department chair, and is permissible
only for serious and compelling reasons. During the final three weeks of
instruction, withdrawals are not permitted except in cases such as accident
or serious illness where the circumstances causing withdrawal are clearly
beyond the student's control and the assignment of an incomplete is not practical.
Ordinarily, withdrawals in this category involve total withdrawal from the
university. The