This course presents economic and geographic frameworks and analytical methods for evaluating economic activity, land use and transportation at the metropolitan scale. There are no specific prerequisites, but it is helpful if students have background in urban studies, urban geography, policy analysis, or urban and regional planning.
New approaches involve complementary changes in land use and transportation policies.
As concerns about these problems increase among residents of growing urban areas, so does their willingness to support public action to ameliorate them. They hope to preserve and enhance the public and private benefits of growth, but to reduce their public and private cost. The class meets Mondays and Wednesdays for two 2-hour meetings per week for 15 weeks. A final exam follows. Theoretical and technical material is supplemented by case-study material from around the United States and from the Twin Cities area.