Analyzes community and environmental planning in the United States; the planning process; and sustainable communities.
Digital technology for representing and analyzing planning data will include photo-editing, web page design, geographic information system mapping, spreadsheet modeling, and document layout and production. The major emphasis will be …
A seminar exploring how racialized inequalities have shaped American cities North & South, past & present, and the influence of racialized urban structures on the idea & experience of race …
Examines the role of planning in government decision-making. Focuses on local government, but intergovernmental aspects of planning that influence local decisions are also stressed. Studies planning processes, such as transportation, …
This course is an introduction to the basic legal frameworks for regulating land use in the United States. Topics to be covered include zoning & comprehensive planning; the constitutional & …
This course will provide students with an interdisciplinary learning process related to real estate development including finance, branding, design, planning, land use, site planning permitting, adaptive reuse among others. Situated …
This class explores the wide range of approaches that have been taken to the complex relationships between body, sex, gender, and the built environment. Some see buildings as a direct …
Detailed exploration of the normative debate surrounding environmental issues. Focus on the foundations of environmental economics, questions about the value of endangered species, concerns of future generations, appropriateness of a …
Structured internship experience and reporting as a reflective practitioner for ten weeks or 200 hours of experience.
This course provides a framework for the completion of a Distinguished Major Thesis, a treatise containing an exposition of a chosen urban and environmental planning topic. A faculty advisor guides …
Elective courses offered at the request of faculty or students to provide an opportunity for internships, fieldwork, and independent study.
Course examines the production of affordable housing in different real estate markets in the USA. Covers US housing policy, local and state planning parameters and the use of critical tools …
Finance is a critical element in determining whether a real estate development project goes forward and whether the project actually looks and performs in accordance with the original design and …
A series of one-credit short courses, whose topics vary from semester to semester.
Worldwide urbanization processes will increase in the next years reaching a rate of 75% until the middle of the century. Shrinkage, stagnation and rapid growth will be simultaneous phenomena and …
The growth of the informal sector worldwide has led to a polarization between formal and informal practices. Although the informal economy and its multifarious related activities contribute significantly to cities' …
This course introduces graduate and advanced undergraduate students to current issues in the field of transportation planning and policy. It addresses all modes of transportation (auto, walk, bike) and considers …
This course offers interdisciplinary inquiry into socio-environmental determinants of disaster and its global dimensions, policy domains, and community health impacts. Through critical analysis of disaster production, management, and response, students …
Individual study directed by a faculty member. Prerequisite: Planning faculty approval of topic.
A seminar exploring how racialized inequalities have shaped American cities North & South, past & present, and the influence of racialized urban structures on the idea & experience of race …