URBN PL 121
Urban Policy and Planning
Description: Lecture, three hours. Examination of current urban planning and policy issues and debates, such as normative theories of good urban form, metropolitan organization and governance, economic development and growth management, edge cities, spatial mismatch hypothesis, urban poverty, racial/ethnic inequality, gender and urban structure, sustainability, and future of cities. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
Most Helpful Review
Spring 2017 - Makes students feel very welcome in having a discussion during class and posing arguments; he talks a little fast, but lectures are a pretty good pace; definitely knows what he's talking about; some of the readings were missing a page or so and some of them were uploaded out of order which made things very confusing, but the reading materials themselves were good; really good professor; helpful; concerned with student learning; definitely go into office hours— he's a professor you want to get to know; good lectures; must do readings because pop-quizzes, reading material is uploaded so you don’t have to purchase anything
Spring 2017 - Makes students feel very welcome in having a discussion during class and posing arguments; he talks a little fast, but lectures are a pretty good pace; definitely knows what he's talking about; some of the readings were missing a page or so and some of them were uploaded out of order which made things very confusing, but the reading materials themselves were good; really good professor; helpful; concerned with student learning; definitely go into office hours— he's a professor you want to get to know; good lectures; must do readings because pop-quizzes, reading material is uploaded so you don’t have to purchase anything
Most Helpful Review
Spring 2019 - professor sarmiento is a pretty soft spoken guy but he makes a great professor and invited some interesting guest speakers. I definitely learned a lot, especially about housing and transportation policy in the US. there were no surprises on the exams, and there was one paper on a planning policy issue of your choice.
Spring 2019 - professor sarmiento is a pretty soft spoken guy but he makes a great professor and invited some interesting guest speakers. I definitely learned a lot, especially about housing and transportation policy in the US. there were no surprises on the exams, and there was one paper on a planning policy issue of your choice.