Category: Urban Studies

April 28th and May 5th Sessions Thirteen and Fourteen: Student Presentations DIY PROJECTS  

DIY Handbook By Heather Samuels with Raquel Pinderhughes Table of Contents Household DIY.. 3 Household Cleaners. 3 Household Air Filter. 4 Unpaper Towel 4 Draft Snake (Window or Door). 6 Food and Gardening DIY.. 8 Buying Food in Bulk. 8 Preparing Immune System Boosting Foods and Remedies. 8 Growing Herbs Indoors. 8 Growing Herbs and… Continue reading USP 530 – Session 11

April 7th Session Ten: Infrastructure: Water, Waste, Energy, Transportation, Building, Food  This session will focus on how changes in urban infrastructure can help cities become more inclusive, resilient, productive, livable, and sustainable. We will be guided by the following questions: Infrastructure: Infrastructure refers to the long-lived engineered structures central to economic and social development. (Slightly… Continue reading USP 530 – Session 10

March 17th Session Eight: Disaster Preparation and Resilience in Cities In this session we will focus on disaster preparation and resilience in cities. We will focus on the root causes of disasters, profiteering from disasters, the differential impact of disasters on different populations, and disaster preparation and resilience. We will be guided by the following… Continue reading USP 530 – Session 8

March 10th Session Seven: Alternatives to Policing and Incarceration This session will focus on alternatives to policing and incarceration. Over the last six decades, the movement to reduce policing and mass incarceration has been growing in the United States. In this session we will be guided by the following questions: Why is there a movement… Continue reading USP 530 – Session 7

March 3rd Session Six: Surveillance in Cities – Assignment #1 DUE TODAY  This session will focus on the impact of increased surveillance in cities. For every 1,000 people in SF, there are over 3 cameras and the District Attorney’s office has access to almost ⅔ or their data (ABC7 News). Cameras are disproportionately in Tenderloin, Chinatown,… Continue reading USP 530 – Session 6

CJ Trowbridge 2021-03-02 USP 530 Assignment #1 Choose a social problem that will impact cities in the future and use the healthy cities wheel framework to identify how urban authorities should address this problem – fill out every section of the wheel.   Assemble a diverse and inclusive group There are many different kinds of… Continue reading USP 530 – Assignment 1

This session was canceled   February 24th Session Five: Alternative Business, Housing, and Food Ownership Models and Structures  I Alternative Business Ownership Structures: Worker Owned Cooperative Businesses Worker-owned cooperatives are businesses that are owned and managed by their workers. Although there are variations, typically, each worker owns a share and all shares are owned by… Continue reading USP 530 – Session 5

February 17th Session Four: Reducing Social and Racial Inequality: Basic Income, Universal Health Care, New Deal Type Stimulus Package for Job Creation, Affordable Housing, Eliminating Student Debt, Reparations, The People’s Budget This session will focus on the increasing social inequality in the United States and its consequences. We will be guided by the following questions: Notes… Continue reading Session 4

Session Three: Healthy Cities Movement Framework and Information for Assignment #1 Due March 3, 2021 This session will focus on the “healthy cities movement”, a long-term international development initiative sponsored by the World Health Organization that places health high on the agenda of decision makers and promotes comprehensive local strategies for health protection and sustainable… Continue reading Session 3