WEEK OF 21 JAN.

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WEEK OF 21 JAN.
Tues., 23 Jan. Monkkonen, Writing about cities,
especially the section on Jane Jacobs What is
the fairest or unfairest thing Monkkonen says
about Jacobs? Explain your answer. Thurs., 25
Jan. Sewell, Where the suburbs came from In
the ideas that inspired suburban development,
identify the most important disagreement with
Jacobs and explain briefly what is at issue.
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WEEK OF 28 JAN.
N0 READING ASSIGNMENTS NEXT WEEK. THIS WEEKS
ASSIGNMENTS CARRY OVER.
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WEEK OF 4 FEB.
Tues., 6 Feb. Sewell, Don Mills Which features
of Don Mills have been most important in setting
the pattern for the suburbs you know? Explain
your answer. Thurs., 8 Feb. Garreau, Edge city
Whats good and/or bad about edge cities? Does
your opinion differ from Garreaus? Why or why
not?
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WEEK OF 18 FEB.
Tues., 20 Feb. Life in suburbs destructive,
How suburban design is failing, Celebration,
Florida. In your experience, are conventional
suburbs that bad? Thurs., 22 Feb. Kunstler, Home
from nowhere. Read to Creating someplace. Does
Kunstler contribute anything new to the
discussion so far?
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WEEK OF 25 FEB.
Tues., 27 Feb. Kunstler, "Home from nowhere"
(from "Creating someplace" to "Density, not
congestion"). Thurs., 1 Mar. Kunstler, Home
from nowhere. Rest of article. Questions for
both readings What is the most attractive or
unattractive feature of Kunstlers ideal
neighbourhood? Does Kunstler offer a fair-minded
assessment of conventional city design? Give
reasons for your answers.
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WEEK OF 4 MAR.
Tues., 6 Mar. Sheehan, Putting the brakes on
sprawl, pp. 5-26. What are the most important
differences in the ways sprawl and auto
dependence manifest themselves in Canada, the US,
Europe, Asia and Africa? Thurs., 8 Mar.
Concentrate on getting the essay finished. Make
sure you leave plenty of time for proofreading.
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WEEK OF 11 MAR.
Tues., 13 Mar. Sheehan, Putting the brakes on
sprawl, pp. 26-42. Identify three ways of
combatting sprawl that Sheehan describes in these
pages. Consider whether and how they might be
useful in Winnipeg. Thurs., 15 Mar. Sheehan,
Putting the brakes on sprawl, pp. 42-54. Identify
four feasible ways of making sprawl cost more.
What are metropolitan-wide government structures
and how can they be used to address sprawl?
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WEEK OF 18 MAR.
Tues., 20 Mar. Durning, The car and the city, pp.
4-21. Thurs., 22 Mar. Durning, The car and the
city, pp. 30-47. For both readings Identify
solutions that would work here, and ones that
wouldnt. Give reasons.
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WEEK OF 25 MAR.
Tues., 27 Mar. http//blog.uwinnipeg.ca/
ChristopherLeo/ gt THE GREEN PARTY OF WINNIPEG
HOW TO MAKE AN IMPACT Thurs., 29 Mar. Same url gt
For my students gt Sprawl and the revenge of Gaia
gt Edge cities Early beginnings. Be prepared to
discuss the significance of the news in the two
articles.