Course Info
10 video lessons (56 Mins)
Published
2015
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1.Introduction
1 min
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2.How Do We Become Better Off?
5 mins
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3.The Mall
6 mins
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4.Three Ways To Think About Cities
6 mins
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5.Land Markets
4 mins
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6.Tight Spatial Arrangements
4 mins
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7.Ideas and Creativity
6 mins
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8.Co-location and Agglomeration
8 mins
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9.Big Picture
6 mins
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10.Third World Cities
4 mins
Course Description
This course applies concepts discussed throughout the "Economic Thinking for Planners" series to a discussion about cities. Through history, people have become better off as they urbanized. This course investigates how and why the quality of life has improved in cities. Learn about how cities function as land markets, tight spatial arrangements, and centers of ideas and creativity.
Learn these skills
- Development
- Economics
- History
- Law and Policy
- Urbanism
AICP CM
This course is approved for 1 AICP CM credit.
SACPLAN CPD
This course is approved for 1 SACPLAN CPD point.