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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
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
Urban Agriculture

Urban Agriculture

Urban farming is becoming more popular around the state of California, taking many forms along the way, as documented in this film produced by experts from the University of California and the Cal State University system in cooperation with local organizations.

47 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Film
Hand Drawing Master Plans

Hand Drawing Master Plans

Instructor: Daniel Garcia

This course provides an introduction to urban design sketching by teaching how to draw urban design sketches and master plans using a mix of colored and black ink. These drawing techniques can be used to create plans that are detailed and expressive enough to use both in academic and professional presentations.

70 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Urbanized

Urbanized

The documentary film "Urbanized" debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2011 and succeeds in popularizing a conversation about urbanism, urban planning, and cities in a way that few cultural artifacts have managed before or since.

86 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Film
Complying With Federal Law in Regulating Telecommunications

Complying With Federal Law in Regulating Telecommunications

Instructor: Alan Weinstein

This course explains what local governments need to do—and to avoid—to comply with federal laws while regulating telecommunications facilities.

67 Mins
AICP CM
Federal and State Religious Land Use Statutes

Federal and State Religious Land Use Statutes

Instructor: Alan Weinstein

This course will explain what local governments need to do—and to avoid—when enacting and applying land use regulations that affect religious land uses.

61 Mins
AICP CM
Local Regulation of Marijuana Businesses

Local Regulation of Marijuana Businesses

Instructor: Alan Weinstein

This course examines the role of local regulation in states that have legalized marijuana. Learn about marijuana components and products, federal and state laws, zoning, and social equity issues.

56 Mins
AICP CM
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: Strategies for Working with Roadway Capacity

Transportation Planning: Strategies for Working with Roadway Capacity

Instructor: Richard Willson

This course explains the menu of contemporary approaches to modifying or adding to transportation capacity. It provides examples of capacity responses to regional mobility for commuters and local accessibility for communities.

63 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Transportation Planning: Travel Behavior Regulations, Pricing, and Programs

Transportation Planning: Travel Behavior Regulations, Pricing, and Programs

Instructor: Richard Willson

This course reviews the efficacy of regulatory strategies (such as prohibitions and mandates), pricing strategies (such as peak period pricing), and education and information strategies (such as real-time ride-hailing apps).

65 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
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
The Ethics of Disruptive Transportation Technologies

The Ethics of Disruptive Transportation Technologies

Instructor: Carol D. Barrett

This course discusses the process for making ethical decisions as part of planning for disruptive technologies.

83 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Regulatory Implications of Tiny Homes

Regulatory Implications of Tiny Homes

Instructor: Malak Hakim

In this course we will define a tiny home and explore the history and appeal of this seemingly recent movement. The course touches on challenges associated with the legal development and regulation of this alternative residential option.

58 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
Exploring the Regulation of Short-Term Rentals

Exploring the Regulation of Short-Term Rentals

Instructor: Malak Hakim

This course will provide an overview of recent short-term rental trends, the impact of short-term rentals on local and national housing markets, the potential effects of short-term rentals on neighborhoods and adjacent properties, and the zoning and licensing requirements, emerging as a means of regulating short-term rentals.

67 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
Introduction to Real Estate Equity Crowdfunding

Introduction to Real Estate Equity Crowdfunding

Instructor: Ben Schulman

Learn the rules that govern and allow for real estate crowdfunding and how real estate crowdfunding can be deployed in your community for possible development.

53 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
What To Do When You Suspect Your Boss Is Unethical

What To Do When You Suspect Your Boss Is Unethical

Instructor: Carol D. Barrett

This courses reviews the challenges you face as a planner if you suspect your supervisor of unethical conduct.

52 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Understanding the Content and Process for Determining Ethical Conduct

Understanding the Content and Process for Determining Ethical Conduct

Instructor: Carol D. Barrett

This course reviews the new organizational structure of the AICP Code of Ethics, along with an extended examination of the new procedures for advisory rulings and adjudication.

45 Mins
AICP CM
Regulating Electronic Message Centers

Regulating Electronic Message Centers

Instructor: James Carpentier

This course provides practical, solution-focused guidance for regulations that leverage digital sign technology while protecting community aesthetic values and safety concerns. This course is available for free.

49 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Free

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