UST 290: Urban Geography
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This text was compiled as an open-access resource for Urban Geography (UST 290) at Cleveland State University. The course serves undergraduate majors (mostly) in the Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs, many of whom go on to careers in city government, urban planning, and community development. For these students, a solid understanding of the spatial aspects of the city is critical. The book integrates open-access materials (or materials otherwise free to CSU students) to cover spatial arrangement, spatial development, neighborhoods, the spatial implications of urban policy, and the data and methods of the modern urban geographer. By the end of the semester, students see the city from a geographic perspective -- recognizing and understanding the complex spatial influences at work in the city around them.
This open-source effort was supported by a Textbook Affordability Grant from the Michael Schwartz Library at Cleveland State University.
ISBN
978-1-956812-04-6
Publication Date
8-2024
Publisher
MSL Academic Endeavors, Imprint of the Cleveland State University Michael Schwartz Library
City
Cleveland
Keywords
urban geography, urbanization, urban growth, cities, suburbs, sprawl
Disciplines
Urban Studies and Planning
Recommended Citation
Mikelbank, Brian, "UST 290: Urban Geography" (2024). MSL Academic Endeavors eBooks. 34.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/msl_ae_ebooks/34
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Brian Mikelbank is a faculty member at the Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University. His research focuses on the spatial pattern and process of metropolitan regions. In addition to urban geography, he has taught courses in housing analysis, data analysis, regional theory and analysis, research methods, urban development and urban geographic information systems.