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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
Incremental Code Reform: Enabling Better Places

Incremental Code Reform: Enabling Better Places

Instructor: Lynn Richards

The Congress for the New Urbanism’s Project for Code Reform streamlines the zoning code reform process by providing local governments with place-specific incremental zoning code changes that address the most problematic barriers first, build political will, and ultimately create more walkable, prosperous, and equitable places.

59 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Free
Transportation Planning: Making Transportation Plans—Rationality and Politics

Transportation Planning: Making Transportation Plans—Rationality and Politics

Instructor: Richard Willson

This course explains the major forms of planning applicable to transportation, including rational comprehensive planning, strategic planning, policy analysis, incremental planning, advocacy planning, and communicative planning.

60 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
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
Missing Middle Housing: Meeting the Growing Demand for Walkable Urbanism

Missing Middle Housing: Meeting the Growing Demand for Walkable Urbanism

Instructor: Daniel Parolek

Learn about Missing Middle Housing and how to integrate these types into existing neighborhoods.

72 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
Frontage Types and the Public Realm

Frontage Types and the Public Realm

Instructor: Tony Perez

This course reviews the 10 primary frontage types and how each shapes the public realm. This course focuses on understanding the features and distinctions of each type and in which locations or contexts each is appropriate.

72 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Form-Based Codes 101: Legal Aspects

Form-Based Codes 101: Legal Aspects

Instructor: Daniel Parolek

This course explores the legal issues of creating and using a form-based code.

85 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
Form-Based Codes 101: Preparing a Form-Based Code

Form-Based Codes 101: Preparing a Form-Based Code

Instructor: Lisa Wise

This course explores basic questions and decisions to consider when preparing a form-based code. It also covers the different approaches to regulating urban form and provides guidance for selecting an organizing principle for your form-based code. Finally, the course explains the visioning and creating of a plan, followed by drafting, testing, and assembling your code.

61 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
Form-Based Codes 101: Downtowns

Form-Based Codes 101: Downtowns

Instructor: Mary Madden

Downtowns are the historic center of most American cities. In this course, we will review their role in establishing the past and future character of the city, walking through a series of form-based code case studies across a range of scales and contexts.

66 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
LA CES
Form-Based Codes 101: Corridors

Form-Based Codes 101: Corridors

Instructor: Geoffrey Ferrell

Corridors have historically been a key element of the urban fabric of every American town and city, yet they are also commonly problematic. This course looks at the roots of the problem for examples of how corridors can be designed and coded.

55 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
LA CES
Form-Based Codes 101: Neighborhoods

Form-Based Codes 101: Neighborhoods

Instructor: Geoffrey Ferrell

This course introduces the essential elements of neighborhoods.

68 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
LA CES
Form-Based Codes 101: Learning How To Look

Form-Based Codes 101: Learning How To Look

Instructor: Geoffrey Ferrell

This course will teach you the skills to appreciate and analyze the measures and functions of good urbanism.

71 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
LA CES
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
CartoDB for Planners

CartoDB for Planners

Instructor: Mike Ernst

In this course, we'll cover the web interface of CartoDB, an innovative online mapping platform. Learn how to setup a basic map, add data from ArcGIS and other sources, and publish your map on the web.

62 Mins
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
The Ethics of Office Administration, Part 2

The Ethics of Office Administration, Part 2

Instructor: Carol D. Barrett

The second course in the "Ethics of Office Administration" series discusses how to identify, evaluate, and resolve difficult scenarios that might arise in a planning office.

64 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
The Ethics of Office Administration, Part 1

The Ethics of Office Administration, Part 1

Instructor: Carol D. Barrett

The administration of a planning office—whether in the private or public sector—can raise ethical questions. This course introduces these questions and presents tools for analyzing them.

61 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
GIS Fundamentals: Geocoding, Geoprocessing, and Online Sharing

GIS Fundamentals: Geocoding, Geoprocessing, and Online Sharing

Instructor: Mike Ernst

This fifth installment of the GIS Fundamentals series provides instruction on how to geocode addresses, the basics of geoprocessing, and the use of ArcGIS Online for collaborative mapping and processing.

54 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
GIS Fundamentals: Importing, Selecting, and Managing Data

GIS Fundamentals: Importing, Selecting, and Managing Data

Instructor: Mike Ernst

The fourth installment of the Geographic Information Systems Fundamentals series explains how to configure data sets, including advanced methods for selecting data through spatial and SQL queries, working with relational databases and geodatabases, and importing non-spatial data into ArcGIS.

55 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
GIS Fundamentals: Thematic Maps

GIS Fundamentals: Thematic Maps

Instructor: Mike Ernst

This third GIS Fundamentals course covers the basics of making several kinds of thematic maps, including choropleth, dot density, and proportional symbol maps.

55 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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