Urban Planning and Design 971 Course Listing

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A general introduction to urban studies leading into the history of cities, suburbs, and the urban system, politics and economics of cities and metropolitan areas, and the peopling of urban areas.

CORE COURSE

Introduction to the purpose of plans and planning including planning domains such as housing, land use, and transportation with an emphasis on solutions to local problems.

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A review of the nature of America's cities and suburbs from their original planning stage to their ultimate reality and how it affects human health and well-being.

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Interdisciplinary perspectives on the study of cities, historical and contemporary, and urban processes and problems.

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Review of computing concepts and methods applicable to planning and health, including database management, introduction to GIS, and graphics.

ELECTIVES

Topics vary. See WebReg for current offerings. This course is designed to address current issues in planning and public policy.

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An introduction to the ways that the public and nonprofit sectors determine which goods and services they will provide and how they will finance the production of those goods.

CORE COURSE

Development of basic graphic skills necessary to communicate the visual and spatial characteristics of streets, buildings, and neighborhoods using Autocad, Sketchup, and Photosimulations.

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This course is an open lecture class that will focus on discussions about design within the context of urban planning systems.

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Understanding the impact of physical design on quality of life with a focus on analytic processes for the basic elements of human environments. Fieldwork is required.

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Introduction to management issues for service delivery (e.g., police and fire, health, housing, transportation, and welfare). Focus on internal organizational structure and leadership.

CORE COURSE

Assessment of major ideas in city and regional planning since the early 19th century. Origin, growth, and impact of these ideas on the evolution of planning in the context of intellectual, social, and technological change.

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Uses an interdisciplinary perspective to study the intersection of public health and urban planning. Will examine the prevention, assessment, and communication or management of an issue that connects public health outcomes to planning decisions and activities.

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Review of research concepts and skills applied to planning. Includes development of original online data sources, coding, appropriate selection of statistical methods for analysis, and the professional presentation of results.

ELECTIVE

Topics vary. See WebReg for current offerings. This course is designed to address current issues in planning and public policy. 

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Completion of a 125-hour field experience in a planning agency.

CORE COURSE

Develop advanced graphics skills and learn to communicate complex visual and spatial plans to clients.

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Application and synthesis of planning theory under the supervision of a professional planner to develop site plans, graphics, and form-based codes for a small town.

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Development of a comprehensive plan for a sustainable small town, including a professional quality report and group presentation of the deliverable.

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Assessment of the causes of urban decline and subsequent renewal efforts. Emphasis on contemporary programs such as neighborhood renovation, gentrification, historic preservation, and economic development.

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Overview of historical evolution of the preservation movement in the United States, examining important public preservation regulations and programs and the economics of historic preservation.

CORE COURSE

Understanding of the legal principles behind environmental constraints on land-use, including critical areas, farmland preservation, water and sewer facilities, storm water and erosion management, and more.

ELECTIVE 

This course examines broad environmental factors that are outside the control of a singular community, some of the issues that emerge, and challenges and opportunities to address them. Through a critical reading of scholarly and gray literature, we analyze the role of political, social, and economic institutions and organizations in shaping our understanding and approaches to the global environment.

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This course examines how systems of power produce unjust environmental and climate conditions, how local and global activists respond to and engage with environmental injustice, and the relevance of environmental activism for urban planning and policymaking. The course examines three main questions: 1) How are certain groups systematically burdened with environmental hazards and when do activists mobilize? 2) What tactics do they employ and why? 3) What constitutes an environmental justice planning success or failure and what can we - as citizens and planners - do to improve our community's environmental justice record?

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Study of planning for transit, pedestrian, and bicycle priority networks and land uses at various scales.

ELECTIVES

Topics vary. See WebReg for current offerings. These courses are designed to address current issues in planning and public policy

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Participation of advanced undergraduates as research assistants at one of the institutes or centers at the Bloustein School. Students contract with and are supervised by the principal investigator of the project.