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URBP 641. Reading the Urban Landscape .

Credits: 1
Offered by: Urban Planning (Graduate Studies)
Terms offered: Fall 2026
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Description

An overview of selected passive techniques that may be used to assess the congruence between urban environments and people as they go about their daily activities. These techniques include: (1) observing physical traces, (2) observing behaviour, (3) cognitive mapping and wayfinding, and (4) the assessment of the overall quality of urban environments.
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