This webpage offers a course overview for Massachusetts Institute of Technologyâs (MIT) course 11.001J/4.250J, Introduction to Urban Design and Development.  "This course examines the evolving structure of cities and the way that cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas can be designed and developed. Boston and other American cities are studied to see how physical, social, political and economic forces interact to shape and reshape cities over time."  This course is part of MIT OpenCourseWare, an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to put all of the educational materials from its undergraduate and graduate-level courses online and make them freely accessible