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Lewis Mumford on the City 1: The City - Heaven and Hell

Lewis Mumford on the City 1: The City - Heaven and Hell

This short documentary film is the first part of a larger series hosted by Lewis Mumford, an American historian, sociologist, philosopher, and literary critic, who wrote the book The City in History on which this film is based. The film originally aired in 1963. This first film in the series uses historic footage from all over the world for a kind of meditative effect, punctuated with Mumford's philosophical observations on the past, present, and future of cities.

Warning: Some graphic images appear in the last third of this film.

29 Mins
AICP CM
Film
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
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
Introduction to City Planning 5: The City of Tomorrow

Introduction to City Planning 5: The City of Tomorrow

Instructor: Jason Luger

Learn why city planning is crucial to the urban future and why the success of future cities will depend on the extent to which they are sustainable, equitable, and how they use technology to serve citizens. Evaluate the key challenges facing cities in the future and, importantly, potential solutions for those challenges.

56 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
Introduction to City Planning 4: Planning in the Postmodern Age (1980-Today)

Introduction to City Planning 4: Planning in the Postmodern Age (1980-Today)

Instructor: Jason Luger

Survey the key economic, environmental, sociopolitical, and technological shifts responsible for the evolution of city planning from 1980 to contemporary times. Assess historical urban planning movements through a critical lens, as course instructor Jason Luger discusses the relevance of past successes and failures for cities today.

74 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD
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
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
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: Travel Behavior Principles and Modelling Approaches

Transportation Planning: Travel Behavior Principles and Modelling Approaches

Instructor: Richard Willson

This course provides an overview and critique of the four-step model used in transportation planning. By the end of this course, viewers will be able to conceptualize how transportation models can address contemporary problems in transportation planning, such as transit-oriented development.

55 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
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
CityEngine for Planners 2: Coding in Computer Generated Architecture (CGA) and Exporting

CityEngine for Planners 2: Coding in Computer Generated Architecture (CGA) and Exporting

Instructor: Elliot Hartley

The second course of the City Engine for Planners track dives into coding in Esri CityEngine’s proprietary Computer Generated Architecture (CGA) code.

70 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
CityEngine for Planners 1: Introduction

CityEngine for Planners 1: Introduction

Instructor: Elliot Hartley

This course is designed for beginners seeking an introduction to 3D procedural modeling and CityEngine software.

47 Mins
AICP CM
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

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