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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
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
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 Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

What makes good public spaces work, and why are some public spaces underused? Over the course of this film, William Whyte details insights into seven basic factors of successful public spaces: suitable space, interaction with the street, the sun, food, water, trees, and, finally, a term Whyte calls triangulation, or the ability of a public space to bring people together.

60 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Film
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
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
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
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
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
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
Introduction to Planning: Zoning as an Implementation Tool

Introduction to Planning: Zoning as an Implementation Tool

Instructor: Eric Damian Kelly

This course discusses the Zoning Ordinance - its structure, its relationship to the plan and the sometimes confusing procedures through which it is modified and varied.

50 Mins
AICP CM
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

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