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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
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
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
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
Introduction to Smart Cities

Introduction to Smart Cities

Instructor: Amir Hajrasouliha

This course explores the characteristics and the challenges of smart cities, as well as the potential opportunities for smart cities within the design and planning fields. This course also discusses the drivers and the essential technologies in a smart city.

47 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
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: 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
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
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
21st Century Storytelling: Video for Planners

21st Century Storytelling: Video for Planners

Instructor: Andy Boenau

This course will give you motivation to create video content, and give you practical, affordable tips to be heard among the online noise.

46 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Introduction to New Mobility

Introduction to New Mobility

Instructor: Lisa Nisenson

The course on "New Mobility" covers the gamut of technological advancements where planning, transportation, and infrastructure design intersect.

77 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Beyond Complete Streets for Walking and Biking

Beyond Complete Streets for Walking and Biking

Instructor: William Riggs

This course covers current practices in planning and implementation of infrastructure for biking and walking.

54 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Understanding the Great Recession

Understanding the Great Recession

Instructor: Peter Gordon

This course explores the causes of the Great Recession, the recession's impact on local policy discussions, and how planners should think about economic impacts when thinking about long-term plans.

74 Mins
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
Economic Impact Analysis in Land Use Planning

Economic Impact Analysis in Land Use Planning

Instructor: Todd J. Poole

This course examines how input-output models contribute to economic impact analyses and presents examples of how economic impact analysis can be applied in a wide range of planning projects.

54 Mins
SACPLAN CPD
Land Use Planning to Support Economic Development

Land Use Planning to Support Economic Development

Instructor: Todd J. Poole

This course provides a general understanding of macro level socio-economic and related business and industry trends likely to influence economic development plans and associated land use policies over the next twenty years.

57 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Urban Sustainability Appraisal Tools for Planned Neighborhoods and Landscapes

Urban Sustainability Appraisal Tools for Planned Neighborhoods and Landscapes

Instructor: Eliot Allen

This course is the third in a four-part series on urban sustainability appraisal tools as collaboration platforms and sustainability accelerators for communities.

85 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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