Class Material
Week 1: Syllabus Day & Stylized Facts of Cities
Week 2: Agglomeration Forces
| Date | Topic | Lecture Notes | R labs | Readings | Podcast | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 02/02 | Why cities? | |||||
| Thursday, 02/04 | Dataviz with ggplot2 |
Week 3: Monocentric City Model I
| Date | Topic | Lecture Notes | R labs | Readings | Podcast | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/09-02/11 | The Monocentric City Model |
Week 4: Monocentric City Model II & Regulation
| Date | Topic | Lecture Notes | R labs | Readings | Podcast | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 02/16 | The Monocentric City Model - Extensions | |||||
| Thursday, 02/18 | Sprawl & Regulation |
Week 5: Growing and Declining Cities & The Great Divergence
| Date | Topic | Lecture Notes | R labs | Readings | Podcast | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/23-02/25 | Urban Growth and Decline & The Great Divergence | |||||
| Thursday, 02/25 | Tidycensus |
Week 6: Spatial Equilibrium Across Cities
| Date | Topic | Lecture Notes | R labs | Readings | Podcast | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/02-03/04 | Rosen-Roback Model | |||||
| 03/02-03/04 | Mapping with tmap |
Week 7: Midterm Week
Week 8: Urban Transportation
| Date | Topic | Lecture Notes | R labs | Readings | Podcast | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/16-03/18 | Urban Transportation |
Week 9: Housing
| Date | Topic | Lecture Notes | R labs | Readings | Podcast | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 03/23 | Housing Demand and Tenure Choice | |||||
| Thursday, 03/25 | Housing Policies |
Week 10: Local Government
| Date | Topic | Lecture Notes | R labs | Readings | Podcast | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/30-04/01 | Tiebout Model |
Week 11: Lab Quiz Week
| Date | Topic | Lecture Notes | R labs | Readings | Podcast | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 04/06 | Review Session |
Week 12: Neighborhood Choice
| Date | Topic | Lecture Notes | R labs | Readings | Podcast | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/15-04/20 | Neighborhood Choice |
Week 13: Neighborhood Effects
| Date | Topic | Lecture Notes | R labs | Readings | Podcast | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, 04/22 | Neighborhood Effects |
Week 14: Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis (ESDA)
| Date | Topic | Lecture Notes | R labs | Readings | Podcast | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/27-04/29 | ESDA |
Student Photo Challenge
| Date | Topic | Lecture Notes | R labs | Readings | Podcast | Videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 5/4 | Photo Challenge |