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Course Outline
Geography 3230
Urban Social Geography
(Prerequisite: Geog 2240)
Fall 2007
Instructor:
Teaching Assistant
Office:
Tel:
email:
Personal Website
Course Website
Office Hours
Lectures:
Dr. Ivan Townshend
TBA
C858
329-2226
towni0@uleth.ca
http://people.uleth.ca/~towni0/
http://classes.uleth.ca/200703/geog3230a/
TBA or by appointment
Day
Tues, Thur
Time
10:50 – 12:05
Room
W514
Description.
Internal social geography of cities. Classical and contemporary approaches to the study of neighbourhood and community
differentiation, urban ecology, social inequalities in the city, social segregation, social polarization, and urban social
structure. Intra-urban variations in morphology, land use, crime, housing, deprivation, well-being, community conflict and
community organizations.
Text and Readings.
There is one required text :
Knox, P. and Pinch, S. (2006). Urban Social Geography, 5th edition. Pearson.
(note: you may use older editions if they are available).
Other readings, as required, will be placed on the secure course website or handed out in class.
Assignments and Grading.
Graded components to this course are as follows and will be based on:
Test / Assign
DUE DATE
Midterm Test 1 (in class, Short Answer and OCT 9
essay)
Midterm Test 2 (in class, Short Answer and NOV 8
essay)
Assignment 1: Mapping social attributes
OCT 18
Assignment 2: Residential Segregation
OCT 30
Term Paper (see below)
DEC 5
Final Exam (take-home)
Handed out DEC 6,
Due DEC 11 before 4:30 PM
Marks
20% of final grade
20% of final grade
5% of final grade
5% of final grade
25% of final grade
25% of final grade
Late submissions: All assignments/exams handed in late will be penalized one full letter grade per day (e.g. B+ to C+ for
one day late, B+ to D+ for 2 days late etc.).
Your final mark will be based on your total scores for all components of the course and will be converted to letter grade as
follows:
A+
90-100
B+
77-79
C+
67-69
D+
55-58
A
85-89
B
73-76
C
62-66
D
50-54
A80-84
B70-72
C59-61
F
0-49
Term Paper.
A term essay is required. The topic may be chosen by the student, but must relate to one of the two key themes of social
differentiation or community variation in the city. The topic must be approved by the instructor prior to NOV 14. All
students should submit a provisional title, together with a brief (one paragraph) outline of what the proposed paper intends
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to deal with and how it is linked to either of the two key themes identified above. A few illustrative references should be
included. The instructor will review the topics for suitability.
The paper should be about 2500 words, and MUST include references for AT LEAST TEN journal articles, books, or
book chapters. Websites and lecture notes do not count as part of the 10 references required, although you may use
these in addition to the above. All students must submit their term paper in hard copy form (i.e. printed), as well as
on diskette or CD. Failure to comply with the term paper formatting guidelines will result in the grade being
reduced by one full letter grade. WARNING: Term papers may be subject to electronic plagiarism detection
software!
Provisional Schedule.
Fall 2007
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
Provisional Topic
Course Intro, course outlines
The study of urban geography
The sociospatial dialectic
Econ/social context of city life
Typological Approaches
Early Ecological Approaches and
models
Early Ecological Approaches and
models
Describing social differentiation and
inequality (Booth etc)
Social Area Analysis
MIDTERM TEST 1 (20%)
Factorial Ecology
Readings (Text) Additional Readings (see website)
R
T
R
T
R
T
6
11
13
18
20
25
R
27
T
2
R
T
R
4
9
11
T
16
Factorial Ecology, Social Areas
(Beer Game)
R
18
Residential Segregation, Assign 1
due
Ch8
T
23
Ch9, Ch10
R
25
T
30
R
T
R
T
R
T
1
6
8
13
15
20
Comprehensive model of urban
social differentiation
Comprehensive model of urban
social differentiation
Other "Content" features , Assign 2
due
Gentrification
Boom (movie)
MIDTERM TEST 2 (20%)
Housing and Mobility
Behavioural variations in the city
E.g. Community organizations,
social networks, neighbouring,
shopping, etc.
R
22
T
27
R
29
T
5
R
6
T
11
E.g. Crime, etc.
Ch1
Ch1
Ch2
Ch7
Ch7
Ch7
Soja 1980
Soja 1980
McGahn Ch1
McGahn Ch2; Wirth 1938; Simmel; Entrekin
1980
McGahn Ch2; Wirth 1938; Simmel; Firey 1945
Ch4, Ch8
Booth 1893; Ward and Clark 1990; Orford et al.
2002
Bell 1953; Davies 1984 Ch9;
Ch4, Ch8
Janson 1980; Davies 1984 Ch9; Rees 1971;
Clark Davies Johnston 1974
Johnston 1971; Davies 1984 Ch9; Rees 1971;
Clark Davies Johnston 1974; Davies and
Townshend 1994; Townshend 2002.
Ch4, Ch8
Ch9, Ch10
Ch6, Ch9, Ch10,
Ch12
Ch6
Fong and Shibuya 2000; Kazemipur, 2000;
Massey and Denton 1988; Townshend and
Walker 2002
Davies and Herbert Ch3 , Townshend and
Davies 1999; Townshend 2002
Davies and Herbert Ch3 , Townshend and
Davies 1999; Townshend 2002
Peponis (nd); Whitehand 1998; Larkham 1998;
Moudon 1998; Ley 1986
Ch6, Ch12
Townshend and Aldridge 2004
Ch9, Ch12
Ch9, Ch10, Ch13 Davies and Townshend 1994; Townshend 2002
Ch9, Ch10
Boggs 1965; Herbert 1976; Smith 1984; Herbert
and Hyde 1985; Herbert 2002; Racine 2002
Cognitive variations in the city
Ch9, Ch10
Pocock 1976; Matthews 1984; Lloyd and Heivly
1987; Lynch:
http://www.csiss.org/classics/content/62
E.g. Mental mapping, fear of crime,
etc.
Affective variations in the city. Term
Paper Due
Ch9, Ch10
Ch9, Ch10
Kitchin 1996; Murray and Spencer 1979; Pain
1997
Spencer and Dixon 1983; Davies and
Townshend 1999; Townshend 2001; 2002;
Townshend and Aldridge (forthcoming)
Last class, Urban Well Being, TH
Final handed out
TH Final Due (25%)
Ch9, Ch10
Giggs 1973; Townshend 2001