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Urban Institute 2019 Reading

  • Program Syllabus (PDF)

Week 1: Orientation to Chinatown and History

June 18
  1. Gordon Chin. Building Community, Chinatown Style.  Ch. 7 (p.88-97) & Ch. 13 (p.140-152)

June 20
  1. Neighborhood Profile Chinatown. San Francisco Invest in Neighborhoods. (2013) (PDF)
  2. Michael Collier. Continuity and Change. Unpublished manuscript. (2017) (LINK)
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Week 2: Housing and Economic Development

June 25​
  1. Gordon Chin. Building Community, Chinatown Style. Ch. 5 (p.67-76) & Ch. 19 (p.216-221)
  2. Economic Development Presentation (PDF)
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June 27
  1. Gordon Chin. Building Community, Chinatown Style. Ch. 9 (p.105-110) & Ch.12 (p.131-139)
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Week 3: Planning 101 and Observation Skills

July 2
  1. Gehl, J. & Svarre, B. “Counting, Mapping, Tracking, and Other Tools" and “How They Did It: Research Notes." In How to Study Public Life. Translated by Karen Ann Steenhard. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2013. (PDF)
  2. Montojo, N. Community Organizing amidst Change in SF’s Chinatown. Berkeley: Center for Community Innovation (CCI), 2015. (PDF)
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​July 4
Holiday - No Reading
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Week 4: Transportation Justice and Public Space

July 9
  1. Bullard, R. D. (2003). Addressing urban transportation equity in the United States. Fordham Urb. LJ, 31, 1183-1204. (PDF)
  2. Gordon Chin. Building Community, Chinatown Style. Ch. 6 (p.77-82) & Ch. 15 (p.170-177) & Ch. 21 (p.230-232)

July 11
  1. ​Chinatown Alleyway Master Plan (PDF)
  2. Klinenberg, E. "Race, Place, and Vulnerability: Urban Neighborhoods and the Ecology of Support." Chap. 2 in Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago. 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015: 79 - 128. (PDF)
  3. Gordon Chin. Building Community, Chinatown Style. Ch. 4 (p.62-66)
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Week 5: Sustainability and Future CHinatown

July 16 
  1. Checker, M. "Wiped out by the “greenwave”: Environmental gentrification and the paradoxical politics of urban sustainability." City & Society 23, no. 2 (2011): 210-229. (PDF)
  2. Greenberg, M. "What on Earth Is Sustainable?: Toward Critical Sustainability Studies." Boom: A Journal of California 3, no. 4 (2013): 54-66. (PDF)

July 18
​No Reading

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Week 6: Project DEvelopment​

July 23
  1. Holmes, T. “The Catalyzing Power of Art.” Shelterforce. July 25, 2016 (LINK)
  2. Hung, M. Chinatowns Across The Country Face Off With Gentrification, NPR website, March 17, 2017.  (LINK)
Optional Reading
  1. Spotlight Chinatown Website (LINK)
  2. PolicyLink’s “Creating Change through Arts, Culture, and Equitable Development: A Policy and Practice Primer” (LINK)
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July 25
No Reading

Week 7: Group PROJECTS and Final Presentations

No Reading.

Final Project Readings

Economic Development
1. EDAW Presentation (PDF)
2. ERA Chinatown Economic Study (PDF)
3. Urban Retail 101 Presentation (PDF)
Environmental Justice: Preparing for the Future of Chinatown
1. Chan, D. Addressing Air Pollution Impacts on Senior Citizens in Beijing, China (PDF)
2. Sustainable Chinatown (LINK)
​3. Sustainable Little Tokyo (LINK)
Transportation: Chinatown Parking Assessment and Framework
1. EDAW Presentation (PDF)
2. ERA Chinatown Economic Study (PDF)
3. SFCTA Emerging Mobility Evaluation (LINK)
4. San Francisco Mobility Trends 2018 (LINK)
5. SFCTA San Francisco Parking Supply and Utilization Study (LINK)
​6. Golden Gateway Park and Ride Parking Study