Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Requirement Designation:
Diversity
Course Attribute:
Sustainability - Limited
Description
Students will explore historical and contemporary literature on the elements required to equitably preserve and distribute social, environmental and economic resources in cities. Subjects will include land and property ownership, the distribution of resources including food, water and shelter, the challenges of gentrification and eminent domain, the ways that race and gender affects policy and governmental procedures in urban areas, equal access to mobility, education and health systems and other resources needed to achieve equity within diverse populations.