Welcome to the companion website for Introduction to Urban Studies by Pete Morris!

This website is an integral part of the class. Here you will find a complete set of lecture notes which, along with the textbook, all students are expected to read. By having these notes online, we will be able to concentrate our limited time in class on clarifying and discussing key concepts and illustrating those concepts with examples from around the world. In addition, this site provides a complete set of downloadable class handouts and an instructor's blog for class news and announcements.

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Class Handouts

Geography and Urban Studies 8 syllabus
Table of skyline scores, as of April 2002
Ford questions #1
Ford questions #2
Ford questions #3 (due November 13)
Ford questions #4 (due December 4)

Other Resources

SMC Environmental Issues Lecture Series -- Wednesday nights at the Bundy campus
Planetizen (and its annual guide to the best urban-related websites)
The Urban Institute
Urban Studies topics on Wikipedia
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
The College Board's guide to urban studies programs
California Urban Studies Programs: