Revitalizing Urban Main Streets OpenCourseWare: A Free Online Graduate Study Urban Planning Course by MIT

Published Feb 14, 2009

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For students interested in the practical implementations of improvements within urban communities, MIT offers a free course in 'Revitalizing Urban Main Streets'. As a part of the Urban Studies and Planning program presented by MIT, this course provides students with real-life examples of planning and executing the renovations of the main streets of various cities via design, advertisement and financial reorganization.

Revitalizing Urban Main Streets: Course Specifics

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Revitalizing Urban Main Streets: Course Description

Teaching 'Revitalizing Urban Main Streets' within the Urban Studies and Planning program are instructors Karl Seidman and Susan Silberberg. Lectures that take place during the first two weeks of class cover topics including the reasons for the decline of inner city neighborhoods and the ways to develop them. Additionally, specific financial and building tools required to take on such a task are discussed. Students will also study the planning process used to revitalize crumbling neighborhoods.

Study materials for this course include lecture notes along with PDF files for field trips that contain plans and research information for restructuring communities. Graduate-level students interested in taking this class should visit the urban revitalization of main streets course page.

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