Study global change in the context of
international governance in Geneva. You’ll interact with policy
makers and diplomats which will inform the discussions you have with
fellow students about issues of worldwide importance. The program, offered
in conjunction with the Globalization and Policy Studies, is set against
the back-drop of the glistening Lake Geneva and the snow-capped Alps.
Directed by Professor Leobardo Estrada,
Dr. Babak Hedjazi and Dr. Maria Pineda and associated with the Collaborative
Agreement program between the UCLA School of Public Affairs and the
Institute for the Study of the Environment at the University of Geneva.
Curriculum
This program is designed for either undergraduate students or graduate
students.
Required Undergraduate Courses
UP CM160: Environmental Politics and Governance (4
units)
UP CM166: Global Environment and Development (4 units)
UP 199: Directed Research in Urban Planning (4 units)
Required Graduate Courses
UP C260: Environmental Politics and Governance (4
units)
UP C266: Global Environment and Development (4 units)
UP 496: Field Projects (4 units)
June 30 - July 31, 2008
TOKYO, JAPAN: UP 212 International/Comparative Planning Workshop Professor
Evelyn Blumenberg
With a population of 12.58 million,
Tokyo is the most populous city in the world and one of the most densely
developed. During spring break 2008, students from the Department of
Urban Planning will travel to Tokyo as part of UP212 International and
Comparative Planning Workshop. The purpose of the course is to help
students develop a comparative understanding of transportation and urban
development issues in global cities. Specifically, the students will
focus on the relationship between density and myriad planning issues
including transit and port planning, sustainable development, disaster
planning, and transit-oriented development. Based on the course readings
as well as interviews with Tokyo-based planners, students will develop
presentations highlighting the lessons that can be learned from Tokyo
and their potential application to Los Angeles.
Course requirements:
To complete the course, students area required to (a) read background
literature on each of the topics (b) set up two appointments with professional
planners in Tokyo (c) complete the trip and attend each of the scheduled
meetings and (d) during spring quarter, develop and present a polished
PowerPoint presentation.
The legacy of colonialism has left an
indelible mark throughout most of the world -- probably most pronounced
in Latin America. Urban Planning graduate students visited Brazil and
Cuba in Spring 2007 to explore how two Latin American countries have
sought to achieve stability through different means: Brazil through
capitalism and Cuba through Communism. The students witnessed first
hand the issues and the individuals that shape policy in these diverse
economies.
In Brazil groups of students looked
at Urban Design and the Built Environment (transportation, infrastructure
and the public transportation system) and Spatial Justice and Participatory
Planning (the landless workers movement, the roofless workers movement,
participatory budgeting, development of the Rio de Janeiro Favela and
Favela youth and hip hop).
In Cuba they looked at housing policies and practice;
environmentalism under socialist policy; energy consumption
and Havana's urban agriculture.
March 2006 CAIRO: International and Comparative Planning: Sustainability and
Development in Cairo, Egypt Professor
Randall Crane Syllabus
This course will help students develop a critical and comparative
understanding of urban development issues in a global context. It will
focus on how sustainable development practices, in housing, environmental
management, economic development and transportation impact access and
livelihoods of low-income people.
In Spring 2005, Professor Leo Estrada
led a student-organized field learning trip to Mexico City, Mexico.
Students met with nearly ten organizations representing social services,
government planning, transportation, community development and the environment.
In addition, students experienced cultural sites, bonded with classmates,
made professional contacts, and built greater confidence around speaking
Spanish and maneuvering in one of the world’s largest cities.
2002-03, 2003-04 and 2004-05 FIPSE:Federal Initiative on Post Secondary Education Exchange Program with
Three Brazilian Universities
Bilateral Consortium in Social Science and Public Policy Professor Susanna Hecht
For the next three years the Latin American Studies
Interdisciplinary Program and the Urban Planning Program will be part
of a federally funded exchange program with three Brazilian Univeristies:
Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Campinas
(both in Sao Paulo) and theFederal Univeristy
in Recife, the Brazilian Northeast. Students will study for one
quarter with a stipend from the Department of Education. We will have
Brazilian students here, and they will recieve students there. Course
offering will focus on comparative development. regional economics, participatory
planning and questions of governance. Click
here to view the list of Unicamp courses. In addition to course work,
students may also carry out their own research projects. Courses at Brazilian
universities will be taught in Portuguese, so if you wish to get into
this program you should probably begin study now. There are some summer
intensives as well. This is a competitive program and requires you to
submit a statement of purpose and transcript. Please check out the Bilateral
Consortium in Social Science website for further information.
This field-based course examined the structure, implementation, and
impact of various urban development strategies on access opportunities
in international cities. Topics covered included urban governance, land
use planning, transportation and infrastructure planning, housing development,
and industrial location policy. The course focused on how physical planning
strategies impact access opportunities for low-income groups.
In Mumbai, the class spent a week meeting planners
and policymakers, activists and nonprofits' representatives, researchers
and academics to develop a grounded understanding of urban development
and planning issues in the city. Workshop participants wrote a term paper
on the basis of their field-study and independent research.
Click here
for additional information on course format and requirements.
Professor Brian Taylor and a group of Urban Planning
students spent spring break in Berlin meeting with planners, activists,
and transportation officials as part of a comparative urban transportation
policy course. The course which compared and contrasted transportation
policy and planning issues in two world cities: Berlin and Los Angeles,
focused on the role of transportation policy and planning in facilitating
access to such things as employment, housing and culture. Students teams
planned the trip and took the lead in arranging each day's field activities.
Professor Abel Valenzuela and a group of students went
to Brazil during the spring break to study community development and built
environment strategies in Curitiba and Rio de Janeiro. Students met with
planning officials, community economic development scholars, practitioners
and activists to learn first-hand about community development issues facing
Brazilians. They also examined housing, the role of community based organizations,
transportation, and environmental and sustainable development strategies.
Professor Brian Taylor and a group of Urban Planning
students spent spring break in London meeting with planners, activists,
and transportation officials as part of a comparative urban transportation
policy course. The course which compared and contrasted transportation
policy and planning issues in two world cities: London and Los Angeles,
focused on the role of transportation policy and planning in facilitating
access to such things as employment, housing and culture. Students teams
planned the trip and took the lead in arranging each day's field activities.
International Exchange Agreement between 
