This course will examine public bus, subway, and commuter rail systems in cities across the world in an effort to understand what really drives mobility and gives residents of a city access to opportunity. Case studies will include Delhi, New Haven, Buenos Aires, and Detroit.

Interested in what makes a city live or die? This course will survey the urban trends that have led many major American cities, like Detroit, to lose their economic bases and be left with huge plots of empty land and decaying structures. We will then spend most of the session discussing techniques to combat shrinking cities, ranging from the brilliant to the absurd. Case studies will also include Venice and Halle.

Interested in what makes a city live or die? This course will explore the broad urban themes that have led many major American cities, like Detroit, to lose their economic bases and be left with huge plots of empty land and decaying structures. We will then discuss techniques to combat shrinking cities, ranging from the brilliant to the absurd.