Urban Revitalization: Rebuilding of Decaying Cities

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) Issues surrounding growth and development have been replaced by concerns about decline and revitalization in many North American and European cities. This course will focus on urban decline and revitalization efforts. Theories of decline and the demographic, economic, and physical changes that occur in declining city neighbourhoods will be discussed. The course will then explore revitalization efforts, drawing extensively on case study material from selected cities as well as field and project work within Winnipeg. Broad approaches to revitalization, revitalizing the commercial sector, attracting people back to the inner city, leadership and the role of partnerships, rejuvenating older, greying suburban neighbourhoods, and planning for long term sustainability will be among the topics discussed. Requisite Courses: GEOG-1105 or GEOG-1102 or GEOG-1103 or permission of the instructor or permission of the chair [prerequisite(s)].