Site planning is the process by which planners and designers decide how a particular project site will look. Planning departments typically require developers to submit site plans to receive construction permits. Planetizen Courses will teach you how to create, review, and evaluate plans for clarity and compliance with local regulations.
All Site Planning Courses
Resilience Planning for Heat and Drought Events
Instructor: Chris Holtkamp
Learn how cities can prepare their infrastructure and social services for heat waves and droughts in a warming world.
Green Infrastructure
Instructor: David Rouse
This course defines green infrastructure, highlights its types and benefits, discusses monetary valuation and financing, and explores its role in addressing climate change, equity, and technological change.
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.
Introduction to Resilience Planning
Instructor: Chris Holtkamp
This course introduces key concepts of resilience planning and explains how to incorporate resilience planning in communities.