CitiesX Course Outline
1: Power and the City
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The Growth of the Imperial City
1.3 China and the Changing Capital City
1.4 The Modern Imperial City
1.5 The Legacy of Imperial Cities
1.6 Reflection
2: Trade and the City
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Power of the Mercantile City
2.3 Ports: Trading Goods and Culture
2.4 Shanghai: Connecting China to the World
2.5 Reflection
3: City of Industry
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Dawn and Decline of Industry: United Kingdom
3.3 Planning the Industrial City
3.4 Industry in the New World
3.5 The Rise, Fall, and Future of Detroit
3.6 Reflection
4: The Consumer City
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Cities & Markets
4.3 Urban Pleasures
4.4 Chains of Influence in Painting
4.5 Performing Arts & the City
4.6 Creating Cool Cities
4.7 Shopping in London
4.8 Reflection
5. Technology and the City
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Online and In Person
5.3 Technology and the Service Economy
5.4 The Inventive City
5.5 Innovation in India
5.6 Better Government Through Data
5.7 City of the Future
5.8 Reflection
6: Poverty and Opportunity
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The City of Hope
6.3 Racial Segregation in the U.S.
6.4 The Power of Place in Education
6.5 Life in the Favela
6.6 Universities in Cities
6.7 Reflection
7: The Built City
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Constructing the City
7.3 The Unintended Consequences of Growth
7.4 Governing the Cities of England
7.5 New York City's Infrastructure
7.6 Planning the City
7.7 Power and Planning
7.8 Urban Parks
7.9 Reflection
8: At Home in the City
8.1 Introduction
8.2 The History of Homes
8.3 Making Housing Affordable
8.4 Gentrification in Greater Boston
8.5 Creating Community
8.6 Reflection
9: Transportation in the City
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Options for Urban Mobility
9.3 Public Transportation in Boston
9.4 Congestion Pricing
9.5 Transportation in the 21st Century
9.6 Reflection
10: Urban Health
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Plague & Cities
10.3 Water Works
10.4 Health in the Developing World
10.5 Health & Urban Happiness
10.6 Reflection
11: The Safe City
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Policing the City
11.3 Urban Uprisings
11.4 Urban Pacification in Brazil
11.5 The Tradeoff Between Freedom & Safety
11.6 Reflection
Bonus: Urban Economics 101