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This course provides professionals and concerned citizens alike with the basic knowledge and action framework they need to develop historic preservation programs – from historic resource surveys, to individual property nominations, to cultural resources elements of general plans – in their communities.
A comprehensive introduction to the structure, politics, and financing of transit-oriented development.
This course is an introduction to the decennial Census and the annual American Community Survey and how the data collected affects planning and growth in the United States.
This is an online conversion course for practicing in the Australian Planning System for planners wishing to practice in Australia.
A introduction to smart growth theory and principles along with a practical analysis of how to implement smart growth plans and policies.
This course provides entry level development professionals (such as urban planners, architects, biologists, or engineers) along with concerned citizens, planning commissioners, and elected officials with an overview of the fundamentals of CEQA to help them make informed decisions when reviewing projects. Three video presentations about ethics for planners, presented by Carol Barrett, AICP.
What does a post-sprawl and post-McMansion world look like? What does the new economy mean for how we live in our homes and communities? What will impact be on how and what we build? All indicators point to smaller more sustainable homes located in walkable communities as the future of new development. But what does this mean? Designing a livable small home requires more than hitting the reduce button on the Xerox machine. A truly sustainable house is more than bamboo floors. A walkable community needs more than just sidewalks. This presentation will explore the elements that are essential to successfully build sustainable smaller homes in thriving communities - even with limited resources. Living within our means does not have to be a trade down, if done right, it can be a trade up. The Light Imprint Webinar will introduce participants to the concept of Light Imprint and explore how Light Imprint can be implemented in their city or town. Participants will also gain familiarity with the Light Imprint Website and Handbook. Video is a powerful tool for community outreach. This webinar will give you the tools you need to post videos to the web, and use the many free distribution methods at your disposal, like YouTube and vidcasting. You’ll also learn how to take your videos a step further for a professional look and feel. From communicating with a cameraperson to lighting and sound you will walk away with a step-by-step guide for creating video for your city or organization. The Preservation and Sustainability video will introduce participants to current theories and discussions of Preservation and Sustainability and their relationship. This course addresses a different aspect of sustainability—green building, environment, equity and economics— through the strategies, tools and ethos of historic preservation. The course offers unique, and original methodologies based on a thorough understanding of the purpose of the exam that assists candidates to focus their preparation. Instruction and exercises are based on APA/AICP* organizational goals and policies, planning topics that may be emphasized, and an emphasis on professional judgment. This course is intended to provide students with knowledge and understanding of the concepts and procedures related to serving on a city or town planning commission. This one-hour hands-on webinar will introduce planners to Google SketchUp. Topics will include downloading models, walking through the project and exporting the results to Google Earth. This webinar will help you explore using SketchUp for urban design level planning. This is the first part in a series of webinars on Google SketchUp. Students will gain hands-on, real-world experience building websites with a wide variety of web technologies, including HTML, web page layout and formatting, cascading style sheets, and web-based forms. Additional topics covered include the Internet, search engines, mailing lists, content management systems, geographic information systems, Google Maps, web accessibility, and Section 508. This course also includes a web accessibility checklist you can use with future web development projects and Google Maps Plotter, an interactive, web-based mapping tool that allows users to customize points to appear on a map.
This course is suited for members of the planning community with little or no experience with web technology. Graduates of this course will be able to create websites and confidently make informed web technology decisions. This one-hour hands-on webinar will introduce you to Google Earth. The session will explore basic tasks for using Google Earth in planning. Topics will include finding places, moving around them, saving a location, viewing a site photo and capturing images for presentation. The subject matter is a compelling exploration of Washington DC with a discussion of the tool’s applicability to planning. This hour and a half webinar will introduce you to the mechanics of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The session will explore the components of GIS as a tool, rather than the results GIS can produce. The course will help you communicate more effectively with GIS professionals, by helping you understand their priorities and vocabulary. This webinar will improve your understanding of GIS, so you can apply GIS to your planning practice. The session offers an urban planner’s perspective on the components of GIS, emphasizing key concepts, and eliminating non-essential details. This one-hour hands-on webinar will use Google SketchUp to depict a site in 3-dimensions. Topics will include locating a site, creating simple buildings, applying textures, and digitizing a plan. This webinar will jump start your efforts in learning SketchUp. This is the second part in a series of webinars on Google SketchUp. This one-hour hands-on webinar will guide you through the process of preparing a Google Earth presentation for a Planning Commission meeting. Topics will include locating site photographs, georeferencing a site plan, creating a project tour and preparing for your presentation. This one-hour hands-on webinar will demonstrate how planners can use Google Maps to publish basic geographical information on a custom map, and guide you through the process of creating custom maps using Google Maps. Topics will include adding place markers, lines and shapes to maps, placing photos and videos, importing a data set of map points, and using a map to collaborate with others. This one-hour hands-on webinar will explore using CommunityViz to calculate build-out of a zoning or land use plan. CommunityViz wizard-based tool that simplifies the analysis. Topics will include setting densities, adjusting for existing structures, eliminating constrained lands, siting proposed structures, and exporting the results to Google Earth. This one-hour hands-on webinar will introduce you to the Suitability tool included in CommunityViz. The wizard-based tool identifies the best locations for various activities. Whether you wish to avoid hazards, calculate walkability, phase infrastructure or protect natural resources, Suitability offers a simpler way to integrate GIS into your analysis. This one-hour hands-on video webinar will create photo real building models in Google SketchUp and display the buildings in Google Earth. Topics will include importing locations from Google Earth, creating scaled building models, obtaining building imagery from Google Street View, editing the model dimensions, and exporting the results to Google Earth. This webinar will use historic buildings in Estes Park, Colorado, but the techniques are applicable to most places. This one-hour hands-on webinar will guide you through the process of using Google Earth Pro for planning analysis. Topics will include applying a GIS shape file to the terrain, coloring the legend for that layer, locating address points automatically, creating buildings, and thinking like a movie director. Part of the three-part Google Earth Webinar Series. Instructor: Peter Gordon, PhD
Developers often complain that planners are taking away their ability to make a project “pencil out”. And in truth, most planners don’t have the economic background to understand what makes a complicated project financially viable. This course goes beyond supply and demand to give you a firm grounding in the economics of land use, including cost-benefit analysis, the economics of mortgages and lending, encouraging business incubators, and more.
Many people report that they have passed through one or more economics classes in their lives. Unfortunately, few remember anything useful. Many do recall graphs and/or formulas, which they barely know how to judge or apply. In contrast, the emphasis in this course will be on applications. The course will focus on economic thinking rather than on economic science. A place for instructors to share experiences, tips, and ideas.
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