Syllabus | Books & Journals | Term Paper Assignment | P. McDowell home page | Dept. of Geography Week 10 Schedule and Assignments Monday, March 12: Recent developments in Urban Geography (Cohen) Reading assignment: Mike Davis, "Fortress Los Angeles: The Militarization of Urban Space," in M. Sorkin, ed. Variations on a Theme Park: The New American City and the End of Public Space. NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1992. Michael Dear and Steven Flusty, "Postmodern Urbanism," Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 88(1), 1998, pp. 50-72. Edward Soja, "Inside Exopolis: Scenes From Orange County," p. 244-279, Thirdspace. Blackwell Publishers, 1996. Wednesday, March 14: Recent developments in Political Ecology (Walker) Reading assignment: Blaikie, Piers. 1996. Understanding environmental issues. In People and environment, edited by M. Stocking and S. Morse. London: UCL Press. Jarosz, Lucy. 1996. Defining deforestation in Madagascar. In Liberation ecologies: environment, development, social movements, edited by R. Peet and M. Watts. London: Routledge.
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