Planning entails regular use of qualitative and quantitative data. Planetizen Courses offer instruction on everything from working with Census data to urban informatics and crowdsourcing. Broaden your research skills and learn how to collect and analyze publicly available and original data to make informed, equitable, and effective policy decisions.
All Research Methods Courses
Resilience Planning for Coastal Hazards
Instructor: Chris Holtkamp
Across the world, sea levels are rising and storm surge events are intensifying, while development is increasing in vulnerable coastal areas and groundwater depletion is causing land to sink. Urban planners are uniquely positioned to join the battle against rising seas.
Resilience Planning for Floods
Instructor: Chris Holtkamp
This course builds on the "Introduction to Resilience Planning" course and uses the approach presented there as the framework for addressing flood threats in communities.
UN Sustainable Development Goals: The Role of Cities in Implementation
Instructor: Chris Holtkamp
This course will introduce the 17 Sustainable Development Goals as a framework for planning at the local level.