2014-2016 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (without addenda) 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2014-2016 Undergraduate and Graduate Bulletin (without addenda) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HI-UY 4334W Seminar in Urban Infrastructure History

4 Credits
This seminar investigates the urban and environmental history of New York City’s infrastructure, including water, sewage, transportation, housing and office construction. The course investigates these systems in the context of the environmental, political and economic concerns that shape the city’s infrastructure. The course looks at the transnational circulation of ideas about designing and constructing urban systems. Questions include: How and why are infrastructure systems built? Why are they built the way they are? How do the technologies used affect the environment? Are the systems sustainable and interoperable? How do ideas about infrastructural needs, design and financing circulate transnationally?

Prerequisite(s): HI-UY 3034/W  or instructor’s permission.
Note: Satisfies a humanities and social sciences elective.