City Planning From Ancient Times To Today

Learn about the development of the city from ancient times to the cities of today.
What you'll learn
History and theory of city planning from ancient times to modern day.
Key developments, innovations and debates in city planning.
Analysis of the key challenges facing city planners in the future, as well as some potential solutions.
Requirements
Curiosity about the history and future of cities.
Description
This course surveys the history of urban planning and explores key movements, moments, and theories in city planning from ancient times to modern day. The track concludes with an analysis of the key challenges facing city planners in the future, as well as some potential solutions. Join course instructor Jason Luger, urban geographer and lecturer in City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley, to learn about the evolution of urban planning and to pick up key lessons for improving the cities of tomorrow.
Overview
Section 1: Introduction to City Planning 1: Ancient Times to the Modern Age (7,500 BC to 19
Lecture 1 Introduction
Lecture 2 Cities Emerge
Lecture 3 Greco-Roman Planning
Lecture 4 Pre-Industrial Cities (500 AD to 1780 AD)
Lecture 5 Anthropocene: The Modern City Emerges (1780 AD to 1848 AD)
Lecture 6 Urban Revolution I: Planning as a Crucial Discipline (1848-1900)
Lecture 7 Urban Revolution II: Planning as a Crucial Discipline (1848-1900)
Lecture 8 Fin de siecle - Cities at the Cusp of the 20th Century
Section 2: Introduction to City Planning 2: Modern Ideas of City Planning (1900-1939)
Lecture 9 Introduction
Lecture 10 Fin de Siecle
Lecture 11 Decentralization
Lecture 12 Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier and Bauhaus: Three Philosophies
Lecture 13 Planning is Born
Lecture 14 The New Global Order: Dreams, Nightmares, Escape and Reality (1930)
Lecture 15 Planning, Power, Race, Class, and the Landscape (1930's, Part II)
Lecture 16 The Urban World on the Brink
Section 3: Introduction to City Planning 3: Midcentury Modern (1940-1979)
Lecture 17 Introduction
Lecture 18 After the War
Lecture 19 Toward the Future
Lecture 20 Destruction and Rebuilding
Lecture 21 Mid-Century Innovations in Planning Thought
Lecture 22 The City of the Car and Air Conditioning
Lecture 23 Mid-Century Failures and Urban Decline
Lecture 24 Dawn of the Neoliberal Age
Section 4: Introduction to City Planning 4: Planning in the Postmodern Age (1980-Today)
Lecture 25 Introduction
Lecture 26 Shift Happens: From Keynesian Planning to Neoliberalism
Lecture 27 New Directions in the Planning Discipline
Lecture 28 The Financial City, The Gentrified City, The New Economy, Part I
Lecture 29 The Financial City, The Gentrified City, The New Economy, Part II
Lecture 30 Against Sprawl: Transit-Oriented Planning, Green Planning, New Urbanism
Lecture 31 Toward the Urban Future: Looking into the 21st Century and Beyond
Section 5: Introduction to City Planning 5: The City of Tomorrow
Lecture 32 Introduction
Lecture 33 Smart Urbanism
Lecture 34 A Changing Climate: What it Means for the Future City
Lecture 35 A Non-Western World: The Future City in the Global South
Lecture 36 Looking Upstream: Policy Fixes for the Future City
Lecture 37 Conclusion
People interested in cities,Urban planning students,Urbanists
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