Technology | Planetizen Courses

Technology can make your planning practice easier, faster, and more effective, but also poses new and unique challenges to city planning. Planetizen Courses features dozens of courses that teach the latest software and tools, as well as emerging concepts and technologies such as smart city tech, autonomous vehicles, and micromobility devices.

Technology Courses

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SketchUp for Planners - An Introduction

Jaymes Dunsmore

39 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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CartoDB for Planners

62 Mins

CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

electric scooters blocking sidewalk

The Ethics of Disruptive Transportation Technologies

Carol D. Barrett

83 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

aerial view of suburban neighborhood

Introductory Housing Analysis with Excel

55 Mins

SACPLAN CPD

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Mastering Mailchimp

43 Mins

city skyline

A New Era of Downtown Opportunity: The Intersection of Housing and Innovation

65 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM

night cityscape of chicago

GIS Fundamentals: Thematic Maps

55 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Urban Design for Planners 6: Streetscape Design

59 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Digital Accessibility for Planners: Documents – Part 2

Jonathan Katz-Ouziel, Thomas Hamed

78 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM

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SketchUp for Planners - Intermediate Part 1

Jaymes Dunsmore

54 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Building Websites with Tumblr

62 Mins

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Tableau for Planners 2: Worksheets

64 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

pie chart of different sectors

Introductory Urban Economics Analysis with Excel

28 Mins

SACPLAN CPD

3-d map created in urbansim cloud platform for urban planning course

Introduction to the UrbanSim Cloud Platform

51 Mins

SACPLAN CPD

A city with digital icons.

Planning in an Era of Disruptive Change

47 Mins

AICP CM

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GIS Fundamentals: Importing, Selecting, and Managing Data

55 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

bar chart created with python for urban planning course

Python Data Analysis and Visualization

72 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Digital Accessibility for Planners – Web

Jonathan Katz-Ouziel, Thomas Hamed

84 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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SketchUp for Planners - Intermediate Part 3

Jaymes Dunsmore

50 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Managing Multiple Social Media Platforms with Hootsuite

61 Mins

pie charts and graphs created in tableau software

Tableau for Planners 3: Dashboards

51 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Gephi for Network Analysis and Visualization

121 Mins

map created in Urbansim cloud platform for urban planning course

Regional Planning Workflows in the UrbanSim Cloud Platform

57 Mins

A futuristic plane of computer chips with AI written in the middle,

Demystifying AI: Terminology, Tools, and Techniques for Urban Planners

70 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

Top Technology Instructors

Mike Ernst

Mike Ernst is an urban planner and designer whose work has focused on participatory planning, community...

Jaymes Dunsmore

Jaymes is a planner and urban designer who recently completed a Master in City Planning and...

Tom Sanchez

Tom Sanchez is a professor of Urban Planning specializing in Artificial Intelligence, Technology, and Landscape Architecture.

Emily Talen

Emily Talen is Professor of Urbanism at the University of Chicago. Her research is devoted to...

Chase Mullen

Chase is the Director of Design Visualization at MIG. With an acute eye for graphics and...

Elliot Hartley

Elliot Hartley is an internationally recognised geodesign and Esri CityEngine expert.

Geoff Boeing

Geoff Boeing has a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley.

Ben Schulman

Ben Schulman is a writer and editor based in Chicago, with a focus on architecture, urban...

William Riggs

William (Billy) Riggs, Ph.D., AICP, LEED AP is a nationally recognized professor, consultant, and strategist.

Thomas Hamed

Thomas Hamed, AICP is a transportation planner who specializes in commuter transportation and mobility for all...

Jonathan Katz-Ouziel

Jonathan Katz-Ouziel is an autistic planner, an independent accessibility consultant, and the founder of Opossum House...

Sean Maguire

Sean is a planning and economic development professional based in New York’s Capital Region.

Jun Wang

Jun Wang, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at...

David Rouse

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

David Dixon

David is well known for helping create new, mixed-use urban districts (in both cities and suburbs)...

Amir Hajrasouliha

Amir Hajrasouliha is an architect, urban designer, and city planner with years of professional and academic...

Sam Blanchard

Sam Blanchard is a Data Scientist at UrbanSim Inc. where he specializes in land use modeling...

Yoh Kawano

Yoh Kawano works at the UCLA GIS and Visualization Sandbox as a member of the Research...

Chuck Donley

Mr. Donley is an urban and regional planner who specializes in creating CommunityViz applications. He brings...

Kevin Credit

Kevin is the Assistant Director for Urban Informatics at the Center for Spatial Data Science at...

Jason Luger

Jason Luger is a lecturer in City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley, College of Environmental...

JJ Zanetta

JJ is an architectural illustrator working in traditional and digital media.

Lisa Nisenson

Lisa Nisenson has 20 years of experience and leadership in smart growth, sustainable development and civic...

James Carpentier

James Carpentier is State and Local Government Affairs Manager with the International Sign Association (ISA).

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Federal and State Religious Land Use Statutes

Instructor: Alan Weinstein

This course will explain what local governments need to do—and to avoid—when enacting and applying land use regulations that affect religious land uses to comply with the federal Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).

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61 Mins

AIA CES

AICP CM