Some of you may have seen this on the PN listserv, but here is another class in the fall:
Professor Stacy Anne Harwood
CRN: 54909
Duration: Oct 19, 2009 - Dec 09, 2009
09:30 AM - 11:50 AM Thursday
room 223, Temple Hoyne Buell Hall
2 hours
This seminar reviews the major issues confronting urban planners working in diverse places. The course focuses on the day-to-day realities of communities facing rapid demographic, economic, social and cultural changes, as well as local level policy making in communities with large numbers of immigrants, particularly in cities and regions in the United States, Canada and Europe.
Course Topics
" National versus local impacts of immigration
" "Browning of the Midwest": who, where and what are immigrants doing?
" Impacts on urban form and function: variations in the use of work, home and neighborhood space
" Ethnic enclaves: neighborhood revitalization and economic development
" Local politics around living and work conditions of immigrants
" Anti-immigrant legislation at the local and state level
" Immigrant-friendly cities - local policies and social movements
" Community participation in multicultural and transnational communities
Email if you have any questions: sharwood@illinois.edu
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