Resilience Planning | Planetizen Courses

Resilience planning is quickly becoming a crucial part of short-term and long-range planning as climate change and population growth strain urban infrastructure and natural resources. Planning for resilient cities means centering hazard mitigation and integrated solutions that will protect urban systems from natural and human-created shocks. Resilience strategies include a range of actions to secure future energy supplies, prevent flooding in coastal zones, develop efficient transportation networks, and more.

Resilience Planning Courses

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Greening the Neighborhood: LEED-ND Globally and v.4 Update

51 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Urban Agriculture

47 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

A dry, cracked river bed baking in the sun.

Resilience Planning for Heat and Drought Events

85 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Economic Thinking for Planners: Economics of the Environment

56 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

graphic of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

UN Sustainable Development Goals: The Role of Cities in Implementation

75 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Introduction to Urban Sustainability Appraisal Tools

69 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Sustainable Supply Chains

59 Mins

CIP
AICP CM

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Urban Sustainability Appraisal Tools for Communities and Existing Neighborhoods

108 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Introduction to Resilience Planning

69 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Developing a Fact Basis for Hazard Planning

Shannon Van Zandt

62 Mins

SACPLAN CPD

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Urban Sustainability Appraisal Tools for Planned Neighborhoods and Landscapes

85 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

wildfire on a hill behind a row of suburban homes

Resilience Planning for Wildfires

58 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Healthy Urban Food Systems: Planning Retail Facilities

55 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

solar panels

More Sustainability Appraisal Tools and Future Prospects

69 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Accessory Dwelling Units: Understanding America’s Newest Housing Typology

57 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Healthy Urban Food Systems: Planning Production Facilities

43 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Introduction to Climate Action Planning

Michael R. Boswell, Tammy Seale

66 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

emergency call box on public street

Crime and Urban Planning in the United States

51 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Greening the Neighborhood: An Introduction to LEED-ND

51 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounting for Cities

Michael R. Boswell, Tammy Seale

60 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

Findlay market on a colorful street in Ohio.

Landscape Design for Social Sustainability, Part 1

Kristin Faurest

57 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Greening the Neighborhood: Accelerating Sustainability with LEED-ND

52 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Cities

Michael R. Boswell

59 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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The 21st Century Comprehensive Plan

64 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

Top Resilience Planning Instructors

Eliot Allen

Eliot Allen, certified, LEED AP-ND, is an urban planner and Principal with Criterion Planners of Portland...

Chris Holtkamp

Chris Holtkamp is a certified planner and is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Planning at the...

Michael R. Boswell

Michael R. Boswell is a Professor of City & Regional Planning at California Polytechnic State University...

Tammy Seale

Tammy Seale is a principal with Michael Baker International and director of the Sustainability and Climate...

David Rouse

David is a consultant, educator, and author with over 40 years of experience in urban and...

Lauren Dunning

Lauren Dunning is a lawyer and public health practitioner whose work has focused on developing strategies...

Kristin Faurest

Kristin Faurest is a public garden education and outreach professional, author, and landscape architecture educator, committed...

Qian He

Dr. Qian He is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Maryland, College Park and...

Jason Neville

Jason is an experienced urban planner, redevelopment professional, and affordable housing developer.

Carlos Zapata

Carlos Zapata is a Sustainability and ESG professional who is a graduate of Yale's MBA in...

James Brasuell

James Brasuell is the managing editor of Planetizen.

William Fulton

William Fulton is the director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research and the former mayor...

Scott Frazier

Scott Frazier is one of the hosts of the L.A. Podcast. Scott is also Director of...

Mariela Alfonzo

Mariela Alfonzo is the founder and CEO of State of Place. Mariela also has a PhD...

Allison Arieff

Allison Arieff is the editorial director of SPUR and a columnist for The New York Times.

Peter Gordon

Peter Gordon is Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern California Price School of Public Policy...

Shannon Van Zandt

Shannon Van Zandt, Ph.D., AICP, is Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Master of Urban Planning...

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All Resilience Planning Courses

Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?

Instructor: Jeff Speck

Jeff Speck explains his five principal reasons for building more walkable places — Economics, the Environment, Public Health, Equity, and Social Cohesiveness — arming practitioners with a full range of arguments in favor of pro-walkability planning.

4.53

79 Mins

CIP

AIA CES

AICP CM

Free

Regulating Electronic Message Centers

Instructor: James Carpentier

This course provides practical, solution-focused guidance for regulations that leverage digital sign technology while protecting community aesthetic values and safety concerns. This course is available for free.

4.19

49 Mins

AICP CM

CNU-A

SACPLAN CPD

Free