Book Title: Urban Literacy: Learning to Read the City Around You

Author: Leanne Serbulo

Book Description: This book introduces students to the basic concepts of urban studies. It is an interdisciplinary text that was developed for lower-division undergraduate students. The book is organized into thematic chapters that explore different aspects of urban life, such as the environment, housing, and culture. Each chapter introduces a new way of conceptualizing the city, presents core theories and concepts, and provides examples and case studies from cities around the globe to illustrate the ideas presented in the text. At the end of each chapter, there are review questions and a series of interactive field activities where students can apply the concepts introduced in the chapter to a real-world setting. Many of the field activities can be adapted to online or remote learning modalities. This textbook is appropriate for interdisciplinary courses with urban themes or for introductory urban studies, urban sociology, or urban geography classes.

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Book Description

This book introduces students to the basic concepts of urban studies. It is an interdisciplinary text that was developed for lower-division undergraduate students. The book is organized into thematic chapters that explore different aspects of urban life, such as the environment, housing, and culture. Each chapter introduces a new way of conceptualizing the city, presents core theories and concepts, and provides examples and case studies from cities around the globe to illustrate the ideas presented in the text. At the end of each chapter, there are review questions and a series of interactive field activities where students can apply the concepts introduced in the chapter to a real-world setting. Many of the field activities can be adapted to online or remote learning modalities. This textbook is appropriate for interdisciplinary courses with urban themes or for introductory urban studies, urban sociology, or urban geography classes.

Author

Leanne Serbulo

License

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Urban Literacy: Learning to Read the City Around You Copyright © 2022 by Leanne Serbulo is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Subject

Society and Social Sciences

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Title
Urban Literacy: Learning to Read the City Around You
Author
Leanne Serbulo
License

Icon for the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Urban Literacy: Learning to Read the City Around You Copyright © 2022 by Leanne Serbulo is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

© 2022 Leanne C. Serbulo

Primary Subject
Society and Social Sciences
Institution
Portland State University
Publisher
Portland State University Library
Publication Date
May 9, 2022
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.15760/pdxopen-32