@edXOnline : CitiesX: The Past, Present and Future of Urban Life 1. Introduction
CitiesX: an exploration of the past, present, and future of humanity’s greatest invention: the city. The material in this course is a combination of Harvard Professor Edward Glaeser’s direct-to-camera lectures and interviews with experts on a variety of topics, ranging from ancient Mesopotamian cities to the challenges of fighting crime sewer systems in modern day Brazil — and everything in-between.
Fundamental Readings
Triumph of the City by Edward Glaeser
The Streets Were Paved With Gold by Ken Auletta
Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West by William Cronon
Cities in Civilization by Peter Hall
The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
The Economy of Cities by Jane Jacobs
Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States by Kenneth T. Jackson
The Urban Transportation Problem by John R. Meyer, John F. Kain, and Martin Wohl
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