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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
City Dreamers

City Dreamers

The film "City Dreamers," directed by Joseph Hillel and released in 2018, tells the story of four women designers who worked to shape North American cities throughout the 20th century and into the 21st century.

81 Mins
AICP CM
Film
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
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
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
The Human Scale

The Human Scale

The Human Scale juxtaposes the urban experiences of cities across the World to raise questions about the costs of modernity and to argue in favor of city planning that reclaims the public realm for social life. This new approach to planning is measured by walking distances, social interactions, and social inclusion, rather than vehicle speeds and parking spaces.

81 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Film
The YIMBY Movement: Opportunities and Challenges for Planners

The YIMBY Movement: Opportunities and Challenges for Planners

Instructor: Mark Vallianatos

Yes In My Back Yard, most commonly referred to as YIMBY, is a grassroots social movement advocating for an increase in housing development at the regional, city, and neighborhood levels. This course examines YIMBY organizational structures and the roots, goals, setbacks, successes, and tactics of the movement.

66 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
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
Introduction to City Planning 3: Midcentury Modern (1940-1979)

Introduction to City Planning 3: Midcentury Modern (1940-1979)

Instructor: Jason Luger

Discover the impact of World War II and the Cold War in shaping city planning practices and how the tragic destruction and loss of life in World War II somehow created opportunities for planners to test new ideas.

64 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Virtual Reality for Planners 4: Refining the End User Experience

Virtual Reality for Planners 4: Refining the End User Experience

Instructor: Chase Mullen

Creating a VR experience is one thing, but managing its use at public events and integrating it into the urban design workflow is an extra, separate step. This course considers the bigger picture and covers a few ways to fine-tune the user’s experience for maximum success.

74 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Virtual Reality for Planners 3: Working with Unity

Virtual Reality for Planners 3: Working with Unity

Instructor: Chase Mullen

This course provides a high-level overview of the process involved in creating a virtual reality application and teaches viewers how to assemble a virtual reality application from scratch using Unity how to make the process as successful as possible.

64 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
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
CityEngine for Planners 3: Integration and GIS

CityEngine for Planners 3: Integration and GIS

Instructor: Elliot Hartley

Learn how to import real-world data from satellite imagery and terrain to GIS data.

70 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Urban Design for Planners 3: Neighborhoods and Centers

Urban Design for Planners 3: Neighborhoods and Centers

Instructor: Emily Talen

This course demonstrates how to delineate a set of neighborhoods and neighborhood centers for a given area and suggests design improvements that enhance neighborhood centers.

59 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Urban Design for Planners 2: Getting Started with QGIS and SketchUp

Urban Design for Planners 2: Getting Started with QGIS and SketchUp

Instructor: Emily Talen

Course instructor Emily Talen guides viewers through the process of transferring a shapefile of building outlines into SketchUp and processes of basic manipulation necessary to create a 3D model. Learn how to load data into QGIS, set the coordinate reference system, and change the graphic display of data layers.

46 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
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
Building a Transit Map Web App

Building a Transit Map Web App

Instructor: Yoh Kawano

This course examines the entire process of building an interactive, web-based mapping application.

84 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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