Sustainability planning involves strategies and practices that reduce carbon emissions and the reliance on fossil fuels, conserve natural resources, promote infill development and density, and support renewable energy. Sustainable urban planning ensures the long-term ecological, economic, and social health of cities through policies and regulatory mechanisms that focus on energy efficiency and smart growth.
All Sustainability Courses
ArcGIS Pro Fundamentals and Beginner Analysis
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Instructor: Sloan Campi
This course introduces essential spatial analysis and data management techniques in ArcGIS Pro. You'll learn how to perform spatial queries and selections, symbolize and label data effectively, and utilize data editing and geoprocessing tools.
Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix it
Instructor: Nolan Gray
Nolan Gray presents the complex history of zoning regulation, showing how major legislative decisions led to the country's current state of car reliance, sprawl, and inequity. Now, zoning reform is in the air. But why stop at mere reform?
Just Suburbs: The New Frontier for Equity and Inclusion
Instructor: David Dixon
Poverty is being displaced from central cities to suburbs. As a response, planners should look to strategies that create mixed-income neighborhoods—a place that everyone can call home.