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The Story of Sprawl - With Commentary Tracks

The Story of Sprawl - With Commentary Tracks

Instructor: Tim Halbur

This series of historic films, ranging from 1939 until 1965, offers a unique look at the forces that created urban sprawl. Join expert commentators as we go back in time and uncover how America changed shape. 

143 Mins
Film
Multi-Family Property Valuation Case Study for Planners

Multi-Family Property Valuation Case Study for Planners

Instructor: Menka Sethi

This course will take planners through a case study multi-family property valuation. The course will build upon previous course topics of time discounting, internal rate of return, net operating income, lease structures, debt payments, and risk assessment.

67 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
Office Property Valuation Case Study for Planners

Office Property Valuation Case Study for Planners

Instructor: Menka Sethi

This course offers a case study of office property valuation, building upon topics from previous courses, including time discounting, internal rate of return, net operating income, lease structures, debt payments, and risk assessment.

83 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
Real Estate Debt for Planners

Real Estate Debt for Planners

Instructor: Menka Sethi

This course introduces planners to basic concepts of real estate debt, including metrics used in obtaining a mortgage and other concepts like borrowing capacity, and amortization analysis.

73 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
Property Valuation for Planners

Property Valuation for Planners

Instructor: Menka Sethi

This course builds on topics covered in the previous two courses from this series, time value of money and property cash flow, to undertake a discounted cash flow analysis of property value.

54 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
Producing Engaging Documents

Producing Engaging Documents

Instructor: Claudia Kousoulas

Learn to combine text and graphics into a coherent document. At the end of this course, you will be able to identify all the elements of a document, understand their purpose, and use them effectively.

76 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Property Cash Flow Analysis for Planners

Property Cash Flow Analysis for Planners

Instructor: Menka Sethi

This course will introduce planners to property cash flow analysis, which provides the foundation for real estate pro forma analysis.

72 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
Editing for Sense and Accuracy

Editing for Sense and Accuracy

Instructor: Claudia Kousoulas

This course reviews approaches and tools to make editing routine and useful. At the end of this course, you will know how and when to edit. You'll be able to set up a style sheet, apply it to a document, and refine your work to create a polished document.

82 Mins
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD
Time Value of Money for Planners

Time Value of Money for Planners

Instructor: Menka Sethi

This course will introduce planners to the concept of time value of money that will provide the foundation for real estate pro forma analysis.

80 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
Writing for Planners: Documents that Work

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.

74 Mins
AICP CM
Educational Space Programming for a New or Renovated Facility

Educational Space Programming for a New or Renovated Facility

Instructor: Carolyn Staskiewicz

This course shows how to develop a building program for an education facility. A program, sometimes referred to as educational specifications, documents the vision, goals, activities, square footage needs, and spatial relationships for new or newly renovated facility before the design process begins.

30 Mins
K-12 Master Facility Planning

K-12 Master Facility Planning

Instructor: Carolyn Staskiewicz

This course shows the steps necessary to develop a successful facility master plan for K-12 education.

47 Mins
SACPLAN CPD
Form-Based Codes 101: Citywide and Countywide Code Updates

Form-Based Codes 101: Citywide and Countywide Code Updates

Instructor: Lisa Wise

The final course in the "Form-Based Codes 101" series explores citywide form-based coding—the assessment of an entire city to determine where form-based code application should occur.

59 Mins
AICP CM
Form-Based Codes 101: Legal Aspects

Form-Based Codes 101: Legal Aspects

Instructor: Daniel Parolek

This course explores the legal issues of creating and using a form-based code.

85 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
Form-Based Codes 101: Preparing a Form-Based Code

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.

61 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
Form-Based Codes 101: Downtowns

Form-Based Codes 101: Downtowns

Instructor: Mary Madden

Downtowns are the historic center of most American cities. In this course, we will review their role in establishing the past and future character of the city, walking through a series of form-based code case studies across a range of scales and contexts.

66 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
LA CES
Form-Based Codes 101: Corridors

Form-Based Codes 101: Corridors

Instructor: Geoffrey Ferrell

Corridors have historically been a key element of the urban fabric of every American town and city, yet they are also commonly problematic. This course looks at the roots of the problem for examples of how corridors can be designed and coded.

55 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
LA CES
Form-Based Codes 101: Neighborhoods

Form-Based Codes 101: Neighborhoods

Instructor: Geoffrey Ferrell

This course introduces the essential elements of neighborhoods.

68 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
LA CES
Form-Based Codes 101: Learning How To Look

Form-Based Codes 101: Learning How To Look

Instructor: Geoffrey Ferrell

This course will teach you the skills to appreciate and analyze the measures and functions of good urbanism.

71 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
LA CES
Form-Based Codes 101: Introduction

Form-Based Codes 101: Introduction

Instructor: Mary Madden

This course defines form-based codes, explains why they were invented, and distinguishes form-based codes from conventional "use-based" zoning ordinances—all with an emphasis on placemaking and walkability. We will provide an overview of the development of form-based codes, their mandatory and optional component parts, and the importance of making form-based codes context or place-specific.

74 Mins
AICP CM
CNU-A
LA CES

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