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Area-Based Location Optimization: Urban Green Space Selection

Area-Based Location Optimization: Urban Green Space Selection

Instructor: Kevin Credit

By the end of this course you will understand the basic principles of area-based location optimization and be able to solve the knapsack, threshold, and shape problems using LINGO software. The course also shows how to map the results of these skills in QGIS.

48 Mins
AICP CM
Suitability Analysis and Linear Optimization: Siting a New Transit Line

Suitability Analysis and Linear Optimization: Siting a New Transit Line

Instructor: Kevin Credit

This course applies suitability analysis techniques and least-cost path analysis—which optimizes routes on linear features—to planning for and siting a new transit line.

92 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
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
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
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 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
United States Census 2020: All About Census 2020

United States Census 2020: All About Census 2020

Instructor: Chris Williamson

Learn all about the upcoming Census. This course provides an overview of planned operations and discusses the Census schedule, process, products, accuracy, publicity, and jobs.

85 Mins
AICP CM
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
Coding for Planners: Up and Running with Python

Coding for Planners: Up and Running with Python

Instructor: Geoff Boeing

Python is one of the world’s most popular programming languages, particularly among beginners, thanks to its clear and straightforward syntax. It is also one of the most widely used languages for data science.

71 Mins
AICP CM

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