# City to City: Comparing, Researching and Writing about Cities

Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark and a waterfront city, is the subject of comparative research in this course. (Photo by Prof. Abbanat.)

### Instructor(s)

Cherie Miot Abbanat

### MIT Course Number

11.027

### As Taught In

Spring 2006

### Level

Undergraduate

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Some Description
Instructor(s) | Prof.
As Taught In | Spring 2002
Course Number | 2.24
Level | Undergraduate/Graduate
Features | Lecture Notes, Student Work

## Course Description

## Course Features

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## Course Description

This course introduces undergraduate planning students to the role of the planner in researching issues in cities both in the United States and abroad. This course is a practical, hands-on workshop that challenges students to research, write and present their ideas on two different cities: A U.S. City (preferably somewhere close) and Copenhagen. Students will be equipped to:

1. select and research a thesis topic,
2. work professionally with faculty and other experts on the topic of their choice, and
3. research, write and present.

## Other Versions

## Other OCW Versions

OCW has published multiple versions of this subject.

- 11.027 Global Cityscope - Disaster Planning and Post-Disaster Rebuilding and Recovery (Spring 2017)
- 11.027 City to City: Comparing, Researching and Writing about Cities: New Orleans (Spring 2011)

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Cherie Miot Abbanat. 11.027 City to City: Comparing, Researching and Writing about Cities. Spring 2006. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.

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