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Designing the Megaregion

Designing the Megaregion

Instructor: Jonathan Barnett

Current megaregion development is destabilizing the natural environment, causing gridlock on highways and congestion at airports, and making cities and suburbs separate and unequal. This course discusses how we can change these trends and invest in megaregions to improve planning and development outcomes developing and older areas.

65 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Introduction to City Planning 5: The City of Tomorrow

Introduction to City Planning 5: The City of Tomorrow

Instructor: Jason Luger

Learn why city planning is crucial to the urban future and why the success of future cities will depend on the extent to which they are sustainable, equitable, and how they use technology to serve citizens. Evaluate the key challenges facing cities in the future and, importantly, potential solutions for those challenges.

56 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Defining Neighborhoods

Defining Neighborhoods

Instructor: Emily Talen

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.

54 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Transportation Planning: Land Use and Transportation Systems

Transportation Planning: Land Use and Transportation Systems

Instructor: Richard Willson

This course includes a brief history of how land use and transportation have co-evolved over the last 150 years and reviews the roles of transportation systems and technology in influencing land value and locational decision.

62 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Transportation Planning: Effects on the Environment, Health, and Social Justice

Transportation Planning: Effects on the Environment, Health, and Social Justice

Instructor: Richard Willson

This course discusses the local and global impacts of transportation systems and the mitigation of those impacts. The course also identifies prospects for change, as achieved by technology, transportation management, and pricing.

57 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Transportation Planning: The Role of Transportation Systems in Social and Economic Life

Transportation Planning: The Role of Transportation Systems in Social and Economic Life

Instructor: Richard Willson

By the end of this course, you will have a strong understanding of the way in which transportation systems interact with society and the economy.

47 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

Instructor: Emily Talen

Urban planners and urban designers are interested in building places that embody beauty and hope. In this course, Emily Talen, PhD, FAICP, presents free urban design software tools that can help urban planners and urban designers visualize changes in the built environment to support the overarching goal of creating better places.

59 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Introduction to New Mobility

Introduction to New Mobility

Instructor: Lisa Nisenson

The course on "New Mobility" covers the gamut of technological advancements where planning, transportation, and infrastructure design intersect.

77 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Form-Based Codes 101: Introduction

Form-Based Codes 101: Introduction

Instructor: Mary Madden

This course defines form-based codes, explains why they were invented, and distinguishes form-based codes from conventional "use-based" zoning ordinances—all with an emphasis on placemaking and walkability. We will provide an overview of the development of form-based codes, their mandatory and optional component parts, and the importance of making form-based codes context or place-specific.

74 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
LA CES

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