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Urban Design I
Liberal Arts, Business & Sciences Program
Alicante, Spain
Dates: 9/7/17 - 12/23/17
Urban Design I
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: University of Alicante
Location: Alicante, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Urban Studies
Instruction in: English
Transcript Source: TBD
Course Details: Level 300
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 60
DESCRIPTION
The course focuses on the understanding, explanation and appreciation of residential developments as an object of planning as it relates to urban form, the urban realm and the issues of social concern. Specifically, this course critically examines the concept of sustainability as an approach to study the existing city and explore pathways to achieve residential developments capable of integrating and adequately responding to the adjacent neighbourhoods, and just as important, to social wellbeing.