Planetizen Courses offers historical perspective through courses designed to help planners understand the history of the profession and how essential concepts and ideas in the field were developed and popularized. Learn about the triumphs and failures of past planners and how past decisions continue to shape urban form today.
History Courses
56 Mins
- AICP CM
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47 Mins
- AIA CES
- AICP CM
67 Mins
- AIA CES
- AICP CM
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Jason Luger
Jason Luger is a lecturer in City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley, College of Environmental...
Mark David Major
Dr. Mark David Major, AICP, CNU-A is a Professor of Urban Design at the Savannah College...
Kristin Faurest
Kristin Faurest is a public garden education and outreach professional, author, and landscape architecture educator, committed...
Annalise Fonza
Dr. Annalise Fonza is a Lecturer in the Department of Urban & Regional Planning at the...
Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman
Katrina is a lecturer, researcher, and advocate for heart-centered cities. Her work focuses on human behavior...
Álvaro Huerta
Dr. Álvaro Huerta is a Religion and Public Life Organizing Fellow at Harvard Divinity School and...
Peter Gordon
Peter Gordon is Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern California Price School of Public Policy...
Thomas Hamed
Thomas Hamed, AICP is a transportation planner who specializes in commuter transportation and mobility for all...
Jonathan Katz-Ouziel
Jonathan Katz-Ouziel is an autistic planner, an independent accessibility consultant, and the founder of Opossum House...
Elizabeth Doerr
Elizabeth Doerr is a writer with expertise and awareness around social and racial justice issues and...
Lynn Peterson
Lynn Peterson is a nationally recognized transportation and land use integration expert.
Nolan Gray
M. Nolan Fray is the Research Director for California YIMBY, an expert in urban land-use regulation...
Qian He
Dr. Qian He is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Maryland, College Park and...
Kayla Hunter
Kayla is an experienced non-profit professional who works with at-risk youth to reimagine unused, neglected spaces...
Lance Freeman
Lance Freeman is a Professor in the Urban Planning Program at Columbia University in New York...
Dave Amos
Dave is an Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cal Poly...
Meredith Johnson
Meredith is the owner of Johnson Planning and Preservation LLC, a boutique firm that works to...
Kevin Credit
Kevin is the Assistant Director for Urban Informatics at the Center for Spatial Data Science at...
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Planning and Promoting Your Community Engagement Process
Instructor: Dave Biggs
This course provides you with a step-by-step process for designing an effective public engagement process.
