What You Will Learn
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Understand the history of neighborhoods
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Review alternative neighborhood definitions
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Understand the debates surrounding neighborhoods
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Review the steps required for neighborhood delineation
Interconnection, localized identity, human scale, adjacency, access, the need for a graspable spatial unit to belong to—these are the regularities of urban experience that establish a durable foundation for the traditional concept of neighborhood. Neighborhoods are often defined by arbitrary lines on a map, lacking real meaning or power. This course reviews neighborhood-building strategies that are incremental, resident controlled, and planner enabled. This course reviews the varying definitions of neighborhoods and examines methods for defining a physical basis and tangible meaning to neighborhoods based on the location of neighborhood centers, boundaries, and spatial extents.
AICP CM
This course is approved for 1 AICP CM credit.
CNU-A
This course is approved for 1 CNU-A credit.
SACPLAN CPD
This course is approved for 1 SACPLAN CPD point.