Politics, Institutions, and Economics of Urban Development

4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

Lecture, three hours. Examination of the incentives and history that gave rise to the conflicting apparatuses for regulating development in American cities. Overview of the major institutions and actors in urban development. Review of the recent history of development and its politics, with particular focus on developers. Examination of some of the major actors including planners, developers, and public (and the elected officials who represent them). Study of two areas of controversial policy: value capture and rent control. Includes case studies of the politics of development. Letter grading.