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1 Introduction
Part 1: Forces Affecting Urban Development
2 Viewpoints on the City Assignment 1 out
3 The Forces that Made Boston
4 Walking Tour of Boston
5 The Market
6 Case Study: Boston's West End

Guest: James Campano, Editor, The West Ender.
Identify place for Assignment 1
7 Social Forces
8 The Public Will
9 The Public Wish
10 Case Study: Shaping Private Development / The Case Of Smart Growth

Guest: Prof. Terry Szold, Principal, Community Planning Solutions
11 Discussion Session (In Sections)
12 Public / Private Partnerships
13 Walking Tour of Providence / Waterfire

Guides: Barnaby Evans, Creator / Producer of Waterfire
14 Field Visit: Boston Redevelopment Authority
15 Visions Assignment 1 due
16 Discussion of Assignment 1 (In Sections)
Part 2: Models of Urban Design and Development
17 The Traditional City Assignment 2 out
18 The City as a Work of Art
19 Case Study: Tradition and Invention in City Design / The Case of San Diego

Guest: Adele Naude Santos, Dean, School of Architecture and Planning
20 Case Study: The High Art of Capital Cities

Guest: Larry Vale, Head, MIT DUSP
21 The Efficient City
22 Case Study: Redeveloping Cities / Case of Beijing

Guest: Yung Ho Chang, Head, MIT Department of Architecture
23 The City in Nature Identify plan for Assignment 2
24 Discussion Session (In Sections)
25 Case Study: The End of the Suburbia?

Guest: Prof. Robert Fishman, University of Michigan, Historian and Critic
26 The Secure City
27 The Information City
28 The Virtual City

Guest: Prof. William Mitchell, Media Lab
29 Debating the Models
30 The Good City
31 Wrap Up Assignment 2 due