Urban Geography and New Orleans as a Case Study

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Open to everyone, this fall-semester class introduces students to the sub-discipline of urban geography by using greater New Orleans as our study area. We will explore the spatial dimensions of urbanization, investigating the underlying physical geography of cities, why they form where they do, where and how they expand, how they alter their environment, and how neighborhoods form in various demographic configurations. Through illustrated lectures and nine hours of field trips, students will come away with an expanded vocabulary and knowledge of urbanism, geography, and of New Orleans.