We have two more meetings before the midterm period – today and next week. We have two readings to discuss and we will try to finish topic 6 by next week. It seems unlikely we will get to topic 7, since topic 6 will take a bit of time to unpack. Today we will
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- Discuss chapter 6 in Green Cities. Discussion questions can be found here.
- We cover the topic on Urban Population Size and Growth.
- Begin the Urban Spatial Structure topic in which we will start by analyzing the basic monocentric city model, its assumptions, its logic, and its predictions.
- Although it is not an assigned reading, if you would like to prepare for next couple of lectures, you may find it useful to read Anas, Arnott, and Small (1999) and Brueckner (1987), both of which focus on urban spatial structure.
- For next week, please read the McCann article/chapter. We will discuss the provided set of questions.
- I do recommend you start thinking about possible essay topics that interest you. We will be starting the writing portion of the class after the midterm, but it is good to start thinking of ideas now. We will have a meeting in two weeks to introduce you to the platform, writing procedures, expectations and to discuss suggestions for topics.
- The material for the midterm will be all the readings and discussion questions (including next week’s) in addition to the lecture material up to today’s topic on urban population size and growth.