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Location Optimization

Location Optimization

Instructor: Kevin Credit

This course introduces the basic principles of location optimization models and provides a hands-on tutorial on point-based location optimization using QGIS and LINGO.

70 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
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
Classical Location Theory

Classical Location Theory

Instructor: Kevin Credit

This course traces the key theories and conceptual models that have been developed to explain why economic activities tend to locate where they do.

169 Mins
AICP CM
Effective City Branding

Effective City Branding

Instructor: Fabian Geyrhalter

City branding strategy can capture and promote the unique characteristics of cities. After understanding the all-encompassing effort it takes to plan a city rebranding, this course teaches how cities can succeed using strong place branding that attracts visitors, new citizens, new industries, and new businesses.

57 Mins
AICP CM
Working From Home for Planners

Working From Home for Planners

Instructor: Andy Boenau

The future of work and the future of education are location independent, and we’re all better off because of it. This course focuses on general remote work tips and three remote work topics at the forefront of urban planners' minds as working from home becomes a new normal in the field of urban planning: productivity, teamwork, and public meetings.

51 Mins
AICP CM
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

The 2011 documentary film “The Pruitt-Igoe Myth” documents the rapid rise and fall of a housing complex in St. Louis. Pruitt-Igoe became a symbol for the failure of public housing policy in the late 20th century.

84 Mins
AICP CM
Film
Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City

Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City

The life and achievements of architect and urban designer Daniel Burnham offer a chance to witness the application of the social agenda of the City Beautiful movement, of which Burnham was one of the most famous practitioners.

58 Mins
AICP CM
Film
The Future of Cities After COVID-19

The Future of Cities After COVID-19

Instructor: James Brasuell

This virtual panel discussion focuses on the potential for the COVID-19 pandemic to influence the development, demographic, and environmental trends of the future. Speakers: Allison Arieff, William Fulton, Scott Frazier, and Mariela Alfonzo. Moderator: James Brasuell.

57 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Free
Introduction to Urban Informatics

Introduction to Urban Informatics

Instructor: Amir Hajrasouliha

This course discusses how the field of urban informatics works. You will also learn about the technologies and concepts influencing Urban Informatics, including "Big Data," machine learning, visualization, and data-driven decision making.

35 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Measuring Neighborhood Segregation and Diversity

Measuring Neighborhood Segregation and Diversity

Instructor: Emily Talen

This course reviews the various ways to measure both segregation and diversity at the neighborhood scale.

56 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
Virtual Reality for Planners 2: Modeling in SketchUp

Virtual Reality for Planners 2: Modeling in SketchUp

Instructor: Chase Mullen

This course provides a step-by-step SketchUp tutorial and teaches users how to create content appropriate for a virtual reality environment. Viewers will learn how to optimize the performance of their software and ensure success in the next steps of the process, including final model export to Unity.

72 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Virtual Reality for Planners 1: Introduction

Virtual Reality for Planners 1: Introduction

Instructor: Chase Mullen

Virtual reality presents urban planners with a unique tool to create immersive virtual experiences that can inform visioning processes, design decision-making, and community engagement. Learn about the evolution of virtual reality technology, its key vocabulary and logistics, the benefits of virtual reality over traditional media, and what the future of public engagement may hold.

45 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Form-Based Codes: Using Building Types, Part 2

Form-Based Codes: Using Building Types, Part 2

Instructor: Tony Perez

By the end of this course, you will have a high understanding of the range of building type choices, their importance, and where and how to apply them to achieve compatible and more predictable community character objectives.

53 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Form-Based Codes: Using Building Types, Part 1

Form-Based Codes: Using Building Types, Part 1

Instructor: Tony Perez

Learn about building types in the context of form-based coding and how building types can be a direct way to achieve compatible and more predictable built results.

63 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Tableau for Planners 3: Dashboards

Tableau for Planners 3: Dashboards

Instructor: Sean Maguire

This course will expand on the Tableau for Planners: Introduction and Worksheets. Students will have prior experience will building basic tables and will start to use Tableau to build multi-worksheet dashboards with interactive controls like filtering. Students will also learn how to make the data used in their visualization accessible to the public. At the end of the course, we will demonstrate how to publish the work to Tableau Public and embed dashboards on websites and in social media.

51 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Tableau for Planners: Introduction

Tableau for Planners: Introduction

Instructor: Sean Maguire

This course will introduce general principles of data visualization and orient the user with the Tableau platform. Learn how to connect to a data set in Microsoft Excel, understand general principles of a relational database, and start building basic worksheets and dashboards.

56 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Python Street Network Analysis

Python Street Network Analysis

Instructor: Geoff Boeing

In this course we will learn how to use Python to conduct street network analysis with the OSMnx package.

46 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Python Geospatial Analysis and Mapping

Python Geospatial Analysis and Mapping

Instructor: Geoff Boeing

Learn how to use Python to work with urban spatial data.

65 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Python Data Analysis and Visualization

Python Data Analysis and Visualization

Instructor: Geoff Boeing

In this course we will learn how to use Python to conduct basic data analyses and create attractive visualizations.

72 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
21st Century Storytelling: Video for Planners

21st Century Storytelling: Video for Planners

Instructor: Andy Boenau

This course will give you motivation to create video content, and give you practical, affordable tips to be heard among the online noise.

46 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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