Today is our last meeting before the midterm exam. Next week we will meet online at our regular time to introduce you to the online writing platform. This should not take more than 1-2 hours. In two weeks there will be no meeting since that is midterms week. You will be given the midterm questions next week and submissions will be due on Wednesday, October 12th. Our regular meetings will resume in three weeks on the 12th of October.
Today’s plan:
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- Discuss the McCann article/chapter. We will discuss the provided set of questions.
- 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.
- Optional: you may find it useful and/or interesting to read Anas, Arnott, and Small (1999) and Brueckner (1987), both of which focus on urban spatial structure.
Reminder: The material for the midterm will be all the readings and discussion questions (including this week’s) in addition to the lecture material up to last week’s topic on urban population size and growth.
Also, I recommend you start thinking about possible essay topics that interest you.