San Francisco State University Fall 2012

USP 400/HIST 489: Dynamics of the American City (3 units) Urban Studies and Planning Program Professor Ayse Pamuk San Francisco State University Fall 2012 USP 400/HIST 489 Wednesdays, 4:10-6:55pm, TH 326 Prof Pamuk s office hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 2-3pm. (advance sign-up sheet on office door, HSS 136. Mailbox: HSS 210 Voice mail: 338-7045, Email: pamuk@sfsu.edu Course materials and messages will be posted on ilearn.sfsu.edu Teaching Assistant: Kareem Andrews Hines (kahines@mail.sfsu.edu) TA office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 2-3pm. Background What draws people to cities rather than to suburbs, to small towns or to rural areas? When and where did first cities in the world appear and why? How was daily life in U.S. colonial cities organized? What drives international population movements around the world? Why is urbanization much faster in the developing world when compared to the U.S.? What are global cities? What are the impacts of technological changes on the spatial organization of cities and regions? What is digital divide? How do city residents and institutions respond to population growth, gentrification of neighborhoods, racial, ethnic, and gender inequality, and development pressures? What better futures can we imagine and how can we create them? What common aspirations and attitudes do San Francisco Bay Area residents hold towards the environment, transportation, housing and land use? Is contemporary urban life as chaotic as it appears? How do different social science disciplines (e.g., geography, sociology, political science, economics), and professional fields (e.g., city and regional planning, public policy) approach the city? This course will ask and answer these questions by introducing theories and concepts that explain spatial, social, economic, cultural, and political structure of cities and regions. It will show how interdisciplinary explanations offered by urban planners, urban geographers, urban sociologists, urban economists, and urban historians and others have advanced our understanding of cities. It will introduce students to classic writings on the city in the social science literature as well as to current debates in planning scholarship. It is intended as an introductory course for students who plan to major or minor in Urban Studies and Planning. 1 P age

General Education Requirement This course is part of four GE Segment III clusters: 1) Dynamics of the City; 2) Integrating the Social Sciences, 3) Making Cities Humane; 4) Planning the Urban Environment. It also fulfills the Cultural, Ethnic, and Social Diversity (CESD) requirement. It requires that students complete at least 10 pages of significant, out-ofclass writing. To receive Segment III credit for this course, students must complete the cluster as described in the Class Schedule and the SFSU Bulletin (including the requirement that they must have earned 60 units by the end of the semester in which they take this course). Students must: General University Requirements 1. Complete at least 9 units of upper division course work in residence at SF State 2. Complete any three courses in Segment III. Note: Courses are organized around thematic clusters. Each cluster includes a Recommended Pattern, designed to provide an integrative upper division experience. Although not required, if possible, students are encouraged to complete a recommended pattern within one cluster. 3. Begin their Segment III course work only after completing all General Education Segment I requirements. 4. Begin their Segment III course work upon completion of Segment I and a total of at least 30 units of Segment I and Segment II GE, but NOT before. Please note that all course prerequisites should be met. 5. Complete at least one course in Segment III that is both outside the major department and outside the major program submitted on the official Application for Graduation. 6. Complete at least one course in Segment III that is designated as fulfilling the Cultural, Ethnic, or Social Diversity (CESD) Requirement. 2 P age

Course Description and Organization This course approaches cities in a comparative global, historical and theoretical perspective. Following an introduction to the course and to the field of urban studies and planning in the first two weeks, the class is organized into three parts. Part I will provide a comparative global survey of cities in different cultures, places and time periods with a special emphasis on the conditions of life in colonial and industrial cities in the U.S. It will discuss how the work of planners and utopians has influenced the transformation of cities and the origins of modern city planning. It will cover post World War II suburban development patterns and contemporary concerns of planners.. Part II of the course will review key theories developed by urban sociologists, urban geographers, urban economists, and urban planners. It will discuss how such conceptual frameworks can help us understand the phenomena of suburbanization, gentrification, and urban redevelopment. Part III of the course will examine contemporary cities in a global world. It will discuss how global forces influence transformations observed in urban America like the phenomenon of ethnic economies in US inner cities and the emergence of transnational networks and institutions. The course format is lecture/discussion. As opportunities arise during the semester, we will have guest lecturers, and view videos/films. Student Learning Objectives At the end of the semester students who successfully complete the requirements of this course should have familiarity with and an understanding of: how cities have evolved over time and place; how different social science disciplines and professional fields explain spatial, social, economic, cultural, and political organization of cities; how city and regional planners influence development patterns in cities, suburbs, small towns, and rural areas; how city residents and local institutions respond to contemporary urban problems such as residential segregation by race, ethnicity, and income; exemplary strategies to solve pressing problems in cities. And also gain practical experience in: undertaking library research using SFSU's on-line databases, and the World Wide Web; making observations in San Francisco's neighborhoods and relating findings to urban theory topics covered in class; writing reflective essays based on first-hand observations in the city, and based on basic library research. 3 P age

Course Requirements Students are expected to attend all lectures and actively participate in class. Assigned readings should be completed before class (on average 35 pages per week across 15 weeks). There will be a midterm exam, two assignments, and a final exam. Students will be expected to work in groups of 2-3 on their first assignment. Excessive absence may result in a failing grade. Grading Class participation & summary of assigned reading posted on ilearn 15% -- due: assigned date City Tour assignment 25% -- due: Oct. 17 Mid-term exam 25% -- Nov. 7 Essay 20% -- due: Dec. 5 Final Exam 15% -- Dec. 19 Please note that there is a.50 points per day penalty for late papers (out of a total of 25 points for the City Tour assignment, for example). Course The following books are available at the SFSU campus bookstore, and on reserve at the library. from other books will be available on e-reserve and/or on regular reserve. Required Richard LeGates and and Frederic Stout. (editors) The City Reader. London: Routledge. 2011 (5th edition). Optional Eugenie L. Birch (editor) The Urban and Regional Planning Reader. London: Routledge. 2009 Urban Action can be purchased from the Urban Studies and Planning department office (HSS 210). 4 P age

USP 400/HIST 489: Dynamics of the American City (3 units) Urban Studies and Planning Program Professor Ayse Pamuk San Francisco State University Fall 2012 CHSS Withdrawal Policy: The last day to drop a class is September 10 th, 2012 at midnight. From September 11 th -November 26 th, 2012 you must submit a withdrawal petition. Withdrawal from a class after September 10 th, 2012 will be considered for serious and compelling reasons only and must have accompanying documentation. The following reasons are not considered serious and compelling: Changing your major, poor performance, class not required for graduation/major, or more time needed for other classes. If you wish to withdraw from class due to unexpected changes in your work schedule, illness or family emergencies, documentation will be required, along with a copy of unofficial transcripts. If you are requesting a withdrawal, bring your petition and appropriate documentation to the instructor. From November 27 th -December 17 th, 2012 you may not withdraw from a class or the University, except in the case of a serious documented illness or verified accident. CR/NC Option: October 23 rd, 2012 (by midnight) is the last day to request the CR/NC option. The Associate Dean will not approve requests for changes if you miss this deadline. Late Add Policy: The period to add classes via permit numbers is August 27 th -September 10 th (midnight), 2012. The period to add classes by Exception (2 nd set of permit numbers) is September 11 th -24 th, 2012. It is your responsibility to procure a late permit number from your instructor and add the class. Faculty cannot add you into a class. After September 24 th, 2012 a Waiver of College Regulations form must be signed by your instructor, Chair and CHSS Associate Dean to add. This will be approved only if there was an administrative error. Check your registration through MySFSU: Sign up for CR/NC, drop and add classes by the appropriate deadline online through MySFSU. ALWAYS check your registration after making any changes and BEFORE deadlines to be sure you are registered properly for your classes. This is a student responsibility. Deadlines for all registration procedures, including withdrawals and requests for credit/no credit, are listed in the class schedule and will be strictly adhered to by the instructor, the Department Chair and the Associate Dean of College of Health and Social Sciences. This can be viewed on the Registration Calendar at the following website: http://www.sfsu.edu/~admisrec/reg/regsched124.html Disability Programs and Resource Center: Students with disabilities who need reasonable accommodations are encouraged to contact the instructor. The Disability Programs and Resource Center (DPRC) is available to facilitate the reasonable accommodations process. The DPRC, located in SSB 110, can be reached by telephone at 415-338-2472 (voice/tty) or by e-mail at dprc@sfsu.edu. 5 P age

USP 400/HIST 489: Dynamics of the American City (3 units) Urban Studies and Planning Program Professor Ayse Pamuk San Francisco State University Fall 2012 A note about academic integrity, plagiarism, and student conduct Plagiarism is a form of cheating or fraud; it occurs when a student misrepresents the work of another as his or her own. Plagiarism may consist of using the ideas, sentences, paragraphs, or the whole text of another without appropriate acknowledgment, but it also includes employing or allowing another person to write or substantially alter work that a student then submits as his or her own. Source: College of Arts and Humanities web site http://www.sfsu.edu/~collhum/?q=node/851 Please familiarize yourself with the likely consequences of plagiarism by reading the SFSU Student Conduct http://www.sfsu.edu/bulletin/supp-reg.htm#ppg339 6 P age

USP 400/HIST 489: Dynamics of the American City (3 units) Urban Studies and Planning Program Professor Ayse Pamuk San Francisco State University Fall 2012 Introduction Course Outline at a Glance Aug. 29 Sep. 5 What is a city? Introduction to course content, structure, field of urban studies and planning, and classmates Learning to look at cities Part I. The evolution of cities, the urban condition and challenges, and the emergence of the planning profession Sep. 12 Sep. 19 Sep. 26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 The origin of cities in the world, colonial cities in the U.S., 18 th century commercial and 19 th century industrial cities Transforming the city: the work of landscape architects, architects, utopians, and city planners in response to the industrial city The profession of urban and regional planning Post WWII suburban development Contemporary concerns of planning In class presentation of city observation assignment Assignment #1 due Part II: City in Theory Oct. 24 Oct. 31 Different disciplinary approaches to the city Cultures of cities Nov. 7 Midterm exam Part III: Contemporary Cities in a Global world Nov. 14 Nov. 21 Nov. 28 Dec. 5 Dec. 12 Cities and diversity: immigration, ethnic clusters, and global cities FALL RECESS Inner cities, urban redevelopment, and gentrification Student presentations Assignment #2 due Wrap-up and review for final exam Final exam Weds, Dec. 19 4:10-6:55pm 7 P age

USP 400/HIST 489: Dynamics of the American City (3 units) Urban Studies and Planning Program Professor Ayse Pamuk San Francisco State University Fall 2012 INTRODUCTION Detailed Course Schedule Aug. 29 What is a city? Introduction to course content, structure, field of urban studies and urban planning, and classmates. Urban drama Urbanism Theater of social action Urban way of life Urban personality Class activities Developing a typology of cities and neighborhoods based on students' hometowns and neighborhoods Accessing e-reserve materials and ilearn Individual reading assignments (for summary posting on ilearn) will be posted on ilearn with individual due dates Lewis Mumford "What is a City?" pp. 91-95 in The City Reader Louis Wirth "Urbanism as a Way of Life" pp. 96-104 in The City Reader Video: Jane Jacobs: Urban wisdom (1997) Video: A conversation with Robert Moses (1959) http://www.library.sfsu.edu/ (Films on Demand) Sep. 5 Learning to look at cities City sidewalks Street ballet Use of plazas and public spaces Imageability Cognitive maps Assignment #1 handed out (due: Oct. 17) 8 P age

forming groups for the first city observation assignment and discussion of each group's approach in undertaking the project. Film: William Whyte's "The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces" Excerpts from Jane Jacobs's The Death and Life of Great American Cities pp. 105-109 in The City Reader Excerpts from Kevin Lynch's The Image of the City pp. 499-509 in The City Reader Excerpts from William Whyte's City pp. 510-517 in The City Reader Jacobs, Allan (1984). Looking at cities In Places 1(4): 28-37. Additional readings (for student-led discussion) Flint, Anthony (2009) Urban Renewal in Greenwich Village In Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took on New York s Master Builder & Transformed the American City. pp. 95-135. New York: Random House. PART I: The evolution of cities, the urban condition and challenges, and the emergence of the planning profession Sep. 12 The origin of cities in the world, colonial cities in the U.S., 18 th century commercial and 19 th century industrial cities Origin of cities competing theories Characteristics of ancient cities Colonial cities in the U.S. 18 th century commercial cities Urban problems in early US cities 19 th century industrial cities V. Gordon Childe "The Urban Revolution" pp. 31-39 in The City Reader H.D. F. Kitto "The Polis" pp. 40-45 in The City Reader F. Engels "The Great Towns" pp. 46-54 in The City Reader 9 P age

Sam Bass Warner Evolution and Transformation: The American Industrial Metropolis, 1840-1940 pp. 55-64 in The City Reader. Sep. 19 Transforming the city: the work of landscape architects, architects, utopians, and city planners in response to the industrial city The White City City Beautiful movement Concern with urban aesthetics Sanitation and public health concerns Physical/architectural determinism Parks movement The Garden city plan of Ebenezer Howard Le Corbusier s Contemporary City Frank Lloyd Wright s Broadacre City Video clip: Columbian Exposition (1893) (14 minutes) Excerpts from Olmsted's "Public parks and the Enlargement of Towns" pp. 321-327 in The City Reader Crompton, John L. (2009) Parks and recreation pp. 403-408 In Local Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practice edited by Hack et.al) Walker, Richard (2010) Great Women and Green Spaces pp. 20-22. In Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas by Solnit, Rebecca. Berkeley: University of Calif. Press. Excerpts from Ebenezer Howard's Garden cities of Tomorrow pp. 328-335 in The City Reader Excerpts from Le Corbusier's The city of Tomorrow and its Planning pp. 336-344 in The City Reader F. L. Wright "Broadacre City: A New Community Plan" pp. 345-350" in The City Reader Additional readings (for student-led discussion) Peterson, Jon A. (2003) Sanitary Reform and Landscape Values, 1840-1900 pp. 29-54 In The Birth of City Planning in the United States, 1840-1917. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 10 P age

Terence, Young (2004). San Francisco s Park Movement Begins pp. 31-69. Rationalistic Golden Gate Park pp. 137-169. In Building San Francisco s Parks, 1850-1930. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Univ. Press. Brechin, Gray (1990) San Francisco The City Beautiful In Visionary San Francisco. pp.40-61. SF Museum of Modern Art. Sep. 26 The profession urban and regional planning Management of urban growth and development Advances in technology Overcrowding in the inner city Good government movement Regionalism Legates, Richard and Frederic Stout (2009) Modernism and Early Urban Planning pp. 58-66 In The Urban and Regional Planning Reader edited by Eugenie Birch. Birch. Genie (2009) From townsite to metropolis pp. 3-22 In Local Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practice edited by Hack et.al Hack, Gary (2009) Planning in the twenty-first century pp. 103-108. In Local Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practice edited by Hack et.al Oct. 3 Post WWII suburban development Streetcar suburbs in the late 19 th century The automobile & cities Post WWII housing policy Levittowns Alternatives to suburban sprawl Video clip: Charley in Town (1948) A British cartoon highlighting the virtues of new towns and the evils of big cities. (8 minutes) An excerpt from Kenneth T. Jackson s Crabgrass Frontier pp. 65-74. in The City Reader An excerpt from Robert Fishman s Bourgeois Utopias. pp. 75-83 in The City Reader 11 P age

An excerpt from Peter Calthorpe and William Fulton s The Regional City: Planning for the end of sprawl pp. 360-365. in The City Reader Additional readings (for student-led discussion) Kotkin, Joel (2009) Suburbia: Homeland of the American Future In The Urban and Regional Planning Reader edited by Eugenie Birch. pp. 41-46 Hayden, Dolores (2009) The shapes of Suburbia In The Urban and Regional Planning Reader edited by Eugenie Birch. pp. 83-87 Film: Urbanized. A documentary about the design of cities by Gary Hustwit, 2011. Oct. 10 Contemporary concerns of planning Smart growth Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Healthy cities Sustainability Climate change Livable cities Knaap, Gerit-Jan and Terry Moore (2009) Smart growth in brief pp. 117-122 In Local Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practice edited by Hack et.al Cervero, Robert (2009) Transit oriented development pp. 374-377. In Local Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practice edited by Hack et.al Moudon, Anne Vernez (2009) Healthy Cities pp. 134-137. In Local Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practice edited by Hack et.al Additional readings (for student-led discussion) Wheeler, Stephen (2009) Planning for Sustainability pp. 111-117. In Local Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practice edited by Hack et.al 12 P age

Beatley, Timothy (2009) Planning for global climate change pp. 350-355 In Local Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practice edited by Hack et.al Beatley, Timothy (2012) Sustainability in Planning: The Arc and Trajectory of a Movement, and New Directions for the Twenty-First Century City In Planning Ideas That Matter: Livability, Territoriality, Governance, and Reflective Practice. Edited by Sanyal et.al. Cambridge: MIT Press. Film: Portland: Quest for the Livable City. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Northern Light Productions, 2009. Oct. 17 In-class presentations of city observation assignment PART II: CITY IN THEORY October 24 Different disciplinary approaches to the city Chicago school of Sociology Concentric zone theory Invasion and succession Urban ecology Location decision of firms Competitive advantage of the inner city Robert Park. "The City" in The City Reader pp. 161-169 Excerpts from Michael Porter's "The Competitive Advantage of the Inner City" pp. 282-295. in The City Reader October 31 Cultures of cities Whose culture? Postmodern city Los Angeles Creative economy Museums and tourism Symbolic ecoomy Gated communities 13 P age

Zukin, Sharon (2011) Changing Landscapes of Power: Opulence and the Urge for Authenticity pp. 290-302 In in Urban Theory edited by Susan Fainstein and Scott Campbell. Michael Dear The Los Angeles School of Urbanism: An Intellectual History pp. 170-175 in The City Reader Excerpts from Mike Davis's "City of Quartz" pp. 195-201" in The City Reader Additional readings (for student-led discussion) Rota, Miguel Barcelo (2009) 22@Barcelona: a new district for the creative economy In The Urban and Regional Planning Reader edited by Eugenie Birch. pp. 390-399 McNeill (2011) The Bilbao Effect pp. 303-318 In in Urban Theory edited by Susan Fainstein and Scott Campbell. pp.303-318. Genis, Serife (2007) Producing elite localities: The rise of gated communities in Istanbul Urban Studies. 44(4): 771-798. Nov. 7 Mid-term exam PART III: CITIES IN A GLOBAL WORLD Nov. 14 Cities and Diversity: Immigration, Ethnic Clusters, and Global Cities Global cities Immigrants Transnational networks Technology New economy Digital divide Social exclusion Poverty and inequality Just city Project #2 handed-out (due: Dec. 5) 14 P age

Fainstein, Susan (2011) Cities and Diversity: Should we want it? Can we plan for it? pp. 115-128 In in Urban Theory edited by Susan Fainstein and Scott Campbell. Pamuk, Ayse. (2009) Immigration and Urban Development pp. 154-158 In Local Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practice edited by Hack et.al) An excerpt from Saskia Sassen The impact of the new technologies and globalization of cities pp. 554-562. in The City Reader Pamuk, Ayse. New Economy Digital Divide In Encyclopedia of the City 2005. Additional readings (for student-led discussion) Smith, Michael Peter (2011) Transnationalism and Citizenship pp. 377-394. In in Urban Theory edited by Susan Fainstein and Scott Campbell. Gee, Sherman (2007) Housing Profile of a San Francisco Neighborhood: Chinatown In Urban Action. William W. Goldsmith and Edward J. Blakely (2010) Separate Places: The Changing Shape of the American Metropolis In Goldsmith and Blakely. Separate Societies: Poverty and Inequality in U.S. Cities. PA: Temple University Press. Nov. 21 FALL RECESS Nov. 28 Inner cities, urban redevelopment, and gentrification Inner city Spatial mismatch Private city Gentrification Civic engagement Film: Boom: The Sound of Eviction (Whispered Media, 2001) Excerpts from W. J. Wilson. "When Work Disappears" pp. 117-126. in The City Reader 15 P age

Doherty, Michael and Meryl Block (2001) The Revitalization of the Fillmore. In Urban Action. Faga, Barbara (2009) Civic engagement pp. 234-242. In Local Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practice edited by Hack et.al) Pamuk, Ayse.(2005) Gentrification In Encyclopedia of the City edited by Roger Caves. Additional readings (for student-led discussion) Squires, Gregory (2011) Partnership and the pursuit of the private city pp. 207-228. In in Urban Theory edited by Susan Fainstein and Scott Campbell. SPUR Report on Privately owned Public Open Spaces In the Urbanist Smith, Neil (2011) Gentrification, the frontier, and the restructuring of urban space pp. 229-246 In in Urban Theory edited by Susan Fainstein and Scott Campbell. Dec. 5 Student presentations of Assignment 2 Dec. 12 Wrap up Final exam Weds, Dec. 19 4:10-6:55 16 P age