GEOG 5855 - Geographic Information Systems Applications in Urban Analysis

3 unit(s)

Course is a hands-on and high intensity course that examines a series of issues in the urban landscape with Geographic Information Systems as the principal tool of analysis while remaining grounded in the spatial analysis tradition. Course covers traditional contents of urban geography from a contemporary perspective. The major topical areas are city dynamics, metropolitan concepts, city internal structure, systems of cities, land use, neighborhoods, urban migration and mobility, race, ethnicity, gender, poverty, industrial location, the edge cities and urban sprawl, housing, urban environmental change, technology, urban and regional planning, and global cities. Course balances theoretical concepts and theories and applications with real-life practical applications.

Prerequisites: GEOG 4750 or instructor approval.

Hours: (Lecture, 2 hours; laboratory, 2 hours)

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