2018-2019 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2018-2019 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

IDCE 30111 - Urban Development: Process and Change


This graduate level course provides students with a framework for understanding the complexity of change in the processes of city building and reinvestment.  The course will look at the intersection of economic development and community development in “legacy” or “gateway” cities.  These cities are distinguished as older industrial urban areas that are experiencing job and population loss. The challenges of shrinking cities will be compared to current issues faced by expanding cities in other parts of the world.  The course will pursue several themes throughout:  1) the role of equity in regeneration, asking the questions of who benefits, who is involved, and who makes decisions; 2) the challenge of economic resiliency in the face of changing external forces such as technology, transportation, and demand in a global economy, and 3) the reality on the ground of real estate, governance, local culture, and politics that affect outcomes.

The course is open to Clark University graduate students and prospective ADP students in their senior year, who would take this as a graduate level course.  There are no prerequisites for this course. 

Anticipated Terms Offered: Annually