Neighborhood Change in the City: Quantitative Methods

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This course integrates debates on housing, neighborhood change, and urban inequality with quantitative methods. Housing is a contradiction: It is simultaneously a place where we live and access a range of neighborhood opportunities as well as a commodity that is bought and sold for speculation and profit. We will examine institutional, social, and economic contexts across time that shape the fundamental question: Who has the right to live in the city? This course also introduces students to quantitative methods, mapping, and visualization to explore the factors that shape housing outcomes, urban segregation, and neighborhood opportunity.