SCY3090

Living in suburbs: the economics of everyday life

Proposed to be offered next in 1999

Bruce Wearne

8 points
* 3 hours per week
* Clayton

Objectives At third-year level students will be expected to develop empirically oriented perspectives upon urban life.

Synopsis The subject is organised in terms of the following divisions: theories of cities; strategies for research in urban sociology; analysis of the process of urban planning; investigating urban aesthetics as an integral part of urban life.

Assessment Two essays (3000 words each): 50% each

Prescribed text

Stretton H and Orchard L Public goods, public enterprise, public choice Macmillan, 1994