Dr. Mark David Major, AICP, CNU-A is a Professor of Urban Design at the Savannah College of Art and Design. He is a graduate of Clemson University, University College London and the University of London. Mark is the author of the Poor Richard series of almanacs for architects and planners.
Learn why the regular grid has been a standard part of the town planning vocabulary around the world for nearly five millennia.
Understand how the physical characteristics of block size and street length distinguish American cities from earlier models of urbanism, and the implications of these physical characteristics for sustainability in the 21st century.
This course demonstrates the well-defined formal composition and spatial processes of how American cities evolve over time.
Understand how sustainable urbanism can be a crucial component of the urban pattern, or otherwise subverted by government regulations and business models.