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Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
SCY2092
Living in suburbs: the economics of everyday life
Proposed to be offered next in 1997
B Wearne
8 points + 3 hours per week + First semester + Peninsula + Prerequisites:
First-year SCY sequence or equivalent
Synopsis The subject is organised in terms of the following divisions:
(i) theories of cities; (ii) strategies for research in urban sociology; (iii)
analysis of the process of urban planning; (iv) investigating urban aesthetics
as an integral part of urban life.
Assessment Two essays (2500 words): 40% each + Test (1 hour): 20%
Prescribed texts
- Stretton H Ideas for Australian cities 3rd edn, Transit, 1993
- Stretton H Urban planning in rich and poor countries OUP, 1976
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