Content
The course critically addresses the main issues of landscape urbanism and in particular:
- differences between historical cities and suburbs;
- main patterns and forms of suburbs in Europe, the US and in developing countries;
- basic methodologies to study the social life of suburbs;
- representations of suburbs and construction of suburban policies;
- definition and measurement of the main morphologic, functional and infrastructural features of the suburbs;
- evaluation of planning policies for the suburbs.
The course also introduces research in the field of suburban studies and provides some basics of the case study research technique.

Readings
For the landscape urbanism section: weekly readings that will be provided on moodle.
For the methodology section:
- Robert K. Yin, Case Study Research: Design and Methods, Sage, 2009.

Goals
Knowledge: The course aims to provide advanced knowledge of the suburban world, as well as methodological research skills on the case study research technique.
Skills: description and analysis of the suburbs through proper methodologies; ability to critically analyze suburban policies; ability to develop a case study research on suburbs.

Teaching methods
The course is not taught ex cathedra but through the active participation of students. Some of the activities carried out will be: projection, analysis and discussion of journalistic and filmic texts; collective discussion of weekly readings; collective discussion of the individual exercise. Individual exercise: case study research on a suburban settlement.

Attendance and non attendant students
Attendance is mandatory. Alternatively, it is possible to take the exam as a non-attendant in bibliographical mode.

Evaluation Criteria and Exam
For attendant students: weekly evaluation of learning through classroom discussion of the readings. Final talk on the weekly readings. Evaluation of the individual exercise (case study) and discussion of it.
For non attendant students: in depth oral/written exam on the exam bibliography.