Understanding laws and regulations is key to implementing effective planning policies and ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local statutes. Planetizen Courses offers classes on a wide range of regulations and legal issues that planners routinely come up against. Learn about code drafting, ethics, land use regulation, and how to navigate legal processes.
All Law and Policy Courses
Introduction to Transit Oriented Development
Instructor: John Hersey
Few terms are as common in the discussion of city and regional planning in the 21st century as transit oriented development (TOD)—the planning and designing of high-demand land uses at or near highly efficient modes of transportation.
Incorporating the Sustainable Development Goals into the Planning Process
Instructor: Chris Holtkamp
This course focuses on the many ways planners can infuse sustainability into local planning activities and policies using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as a guiding framework.
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.