The course seeks to induce among students further reading, discussion and essay writing on the subject of socio-spatial dialectics, the complex society – space indeterminacies, with particular emphasis on the urban environment.

The course consists of the following thematic units covered in 14 lectures / seminar discussions:

1. Pre-industrial and Industrial Cities.
2. The Industrial City of the 19th Century (Manchester, Lyon)
3. Social, Economic and Cultural Conditions of the Emergence of Urban Sociology as a Distinct Subject
4. The Beginnings of Urban Sociology: Engels, Booth
5. The Beginnings of Urban Sociology: Weber, Simmel
6. The Industrial City of the Early 20th Century (Chicago)
7. The Chicago School of Urban Sociology: Burgess, Park
8. The Ecological Approach at the Chicago School: Wirth
9. Social Production of Urban Space: Lefebvre
10. City and Social Inequality / Urban Social Segregation
11. Urban Transformation / Suburbanization and Gentrification: Harvey, Florida
12. Urban policy / Governance, Institutions, Urban Movements
13. Cities and Globalization / Global Cities: Sassen
14. City Typology: Logan and Mollotch / Cities of the Future

Students submit four essays on the course’s thematic units of their choice, one of which they present in class

• Βασικό σύγγραμμα αποτελεί το βιβλίο «Κnox, P. και Pinch, S (2009), Κοινωνική Γεωγραφία των Πόλεων» που διατίθεται στους φοιτητές, ενώ εκτενές υλικό προς μελέτη θα δοθεί μέσω των παρουσιάσεων του μαθήματος
• Γοσποδίνη Α. (επιμ.) (2008) Διάλογοι για τον σχεδιασμό του χώρου και την ανάπτυξη. Εκδόσεις Κριτική, Αθήνα
• Carmona M. Tiedell S. Heath,T. (2012) Public Places, Urban Spaces: The Dimensions of Urban Design, Elsevier: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Λεοντίδου, Λ, (2011), Αγεωγράφητος Χώρα, Εκδόσεις Προπομπός