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S2010 MHC 250 Ramasubramanian Syllabus and Reading List Revised and Updated

Feb 9                 MHC 250 Lecture 1 Exploring City Form

Feb 9 and 16  MHC 250 Lecture 2 Describing City Form

Feb 16              Lecture 3 Overview of Planning Practice

Feb 23             We did not have a formal lecture on this day

Mar 2               Lecture 4 Planning in New York City

Mar 9              Qualitative Urban Research Methods

MHC 250 Lecture 5 Participatory and Action Research Methods

Mar 16           Quantitative Urban Research Methods

http://www.oasisnyc.net/

http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/home/home.aspx

http://gis.nyc.gov/dcp/pa/address.jsp

Mar 23   Anatomy of a Planning Study

Planning Study Roosevelt Island

April 6  Lecture Housing and Economic Development

April 13th Tech Day

April 20th  No class (professor was sick)

April 27th   MHC 250 Lecture 4-27 New Urbanism

May 4th       Planning in Poor Countries

UNIT CONVERSION GUIDE http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/dsdt/ucg/

2007 DATA ON CITY DENSITY http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/largest-cities-area-125.html

Social Explorer http://www.socialexplorer.com

Oasis NYC http://www.oasisnyc.net/

Urban Links

Government

New York City Homepage www.nyc.gov

New York City Department of City Planning nyc.gov/html/dcp/home.html

New York Landmarks Preservation Commission www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/home.html

New York State Department of Transportation www.nysdot.gov/portal/page/portal/index

HUD www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/FHLaws/index.cfm

United States Census Bureau www.census.gov

United States Maps and Data www.geodata.gov

United States Library of Congress’ Map Collections memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html

Research

Urban Institute www.urban.org

KnowledgePlex: Resource Center for Affordable Housing and Community Development www.knowledgeplex.org/

TRIS Online National Transportation Library ntlsearch.bts.gov/tris/index.do

The World Bank www.worldbank.org

The Brookings Institution www.brookings.edu

The Geography Network www.geographynetwork.com

MIT World http://mitworld.mit.edu/

NonProfits/Advocacy

Metropolis Magazine – Architecture, Design, Planning www.metropolismag.com

New Urban News – Online newspaper www.newurbannews.com/index.html

Planners Web – City and Regional Resources www.plannersweb.com

Planetizen; The Planning and Development Network www.planetizen.com

Sustainability Online www.sustainability.com

Urban Land Institute www.uli.org

Urban Planning Now: Jobs of community development professions www.urbanplanningnow.com

American Planning Association www.planning.org

The Aspen Institute www.aspeninstitute.org

Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning www.acsp.org

Brookings Institution www.brookings.edu

Car Free Cities www.carfree.com

Congress for the New Urbanism www.cnu.org

Cyburbia – The Internet’s oldest planning site www.cyburbia.org

Independent Sector www.independentsector.org

Planners Network www.plannersnetwork.org

Policy Link www.policylink.org

Project for Public Spaces www.pps.org

The Regional Plan Association www.rpa.org

New York

Bronx River Alliance bronxriver.org

City Limits Magazine – NYC non-profit and policy. Check out the job board www.citylimits.org

Forgotten New York – Odd facts and obscure photos of the five boroughs www.forgotten-ny.com

Gotham Gazette – Local policy news www.gothamgazette.com

The Municipal Art Society of New York www.mas.org

Hunter & CUNY

CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities www.cunysustainablecities.org