This course takes a business-oriented perspective to explore the tradeoffs and synergies between the ecological and financial performance of businesses.
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Chris HoltkampBuilding on the first course in this series, Planetizen Courses dives into the variety of ways planners can incorporate the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into their communities.
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Chris HoltkampSustainability has become a primary focus of urban planning and community development; however, there can be confusion and lack of consensus about what constitutes sustainability and how to incorporate it into local planning processes.
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Kevin LoThis course focuses on mindfulness and self-care. These are topics that have grown in popularity over the past few years and even more so in the past few months through the pandemic. This course might be slightly different from other courses in that it is practice and application based.
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Kevin LoEmotional intelligence (EQ) is commonly regarded as a critical competence in the workplace, often argued to be more important than either IQ or personality. Conversely, a lack of emotional intelligence can be viewed as a workplace liability.
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Kevin LoExperts acknowledge that culture is a fuzzy construct. However, with the globalization of work, there is a growing imperative to understand cross-cultural differences. One does not even need to leave a country to encounter cross-cultural differences.
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Kevin LoA myriad of dynamics can influence the behavior of individuals in organizations. Some of these influences can happen at the organizational level. Others might be imparted by how specific teams work.
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Donald ShoupIf you're looking for a place to start learning more about the specifics of parking reform, or you're looking for a way to confirm if you might be the next "Shoupista," look no further.
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Kevin CreditPlanners are frequently concerned with siting public facilities to serve the maximum number of people within a maximum given distance or time.
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The world isn't designed for blind people, with its preponderance of obstacles and visual markers, but so much of urban design history has neglected any consideration of the needs of the blind.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Introduction to Planning: Implementation of the Plan
Instructor: Eric Damian Kelly
This course provides an overview of implementation strategies for a Comprehensive Plan and examines how those strategies fit together.
Writing for Planners: Documents that Work
Instructor: Claudia Kousoulas
This course reviews the different types of documents planners are called on to write—from one-page memos to complex master plans—and apply a simple writing approach that ensures the document's points are complete, compelling, and accurate.
Form-Based Codes 101: Preparing a Form-Based Code
Instructor: Lisa Wise
This course explores basic questions and decisions to consider when preparing a form-based code. It also covers the different approaches to regulating urban form and provides guidance for selecting an organizing principle for your form-based code. Finally, the course explains the visioning and creating of a plan, followed by drafting, testing, and assembling your code.
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