Urban Design

At its core, urban design is the process of deciding how a city will be organized. More than just the physical layout of roads, buildings, open space, and transportation networks, urban design includes decisions about land use, urban form, and neighborhood scale that affect citizens’ access to urban amenities and healthy living environments near amenities and transportation.

Urban Design Courses

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Form-Based Codes 101: Preparing a Form-Based Code

Lisa Wise, Daniel Parolek

61 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A

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Form-Based Codes: Using Building Types, Part 1

63 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Location Optimization

Kevin Credit

70 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Equitable Transit Oriented Development

John Hersey

57 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Walkable City 2: The Useful Walk

Jeff Speck

82 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Visual Simulation: Advanced Rendering in SketchUp

Mike Ernst

46 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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The American City, Part 1: A Brief History of the Regular Grid

Mark David Major

47 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM

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Transportation Planning: Travel Behavior Principles and Modelling Approaches

Richard Willson

55 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Parking Benefit Districts

Donald Shoup

56 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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History of U.S. Landscape Architecture, Part 2

Kristin Faurest

61 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM

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Greening the Neighborhood: LEED-ND Metrics

Eliot Allen

65 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Urban Design for Planners 3: Neighborhoods and Centers

Emily Talen

59 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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The Human Scale

81 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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The Elements of Citymaking: Design, Policy, and Finance

Jason Neville

57 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Planning Communities for Maximum Transit Access

Jarrett Walker

75 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Design in Planning: An Overview

Jason Kambitsis

58 Mins

SACPLAN CPD

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Form-Based Codes 101: Legal Aspects

Daniel Parolek, Daniel K. Slone

85 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A

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Form-Based Codes: Using Building Types, Part 2

53 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Suitability Analysis and Linear Optimization: Siting a New Transit Line

Kevin Credit

92 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM

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How Zoning Shapes Cities, Communities, and Regions

Jenny Schuetz

84 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Walkable City 3: The Safe Walk (A)

Jeff Speck

77 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Visual Simulation: Rendering Styles and Presentation with SketchUp

Mike Ernst

29 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Legal Issues in Sign Codes

James Carpentier

59 Mins

AICP CM

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History of City Planning 3: Midcentury Modern (1940-1979)

Jason Luger

64 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

Top Urban Design Instructors

Emily Talen

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

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Richard Willson

Richard Willson is a professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at California State...

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David Dixon

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

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Eliot Allen

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

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Kristin Faurest

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

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Jeff Speck

Jeff Speck is a city planner who advocates internationally for more walkable cities.

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Jason Luger

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

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Daniel Parolek

Daniel Parolek is a nationally recognized thought leader in architecture, design, and urban planning, specifically in...

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Lennart Nout

Lennart is an urban mobility design consultant, specializing in design and planning of bicycle networks and...

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Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman

Katrina is a lecturer, researcher, and advocate for heart-centered cities. Her work focuses on human behavior...

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Meredith Johnson

Meredith is the owner of Johnson Planning and Preservation LLC, a boutique firm that works to...

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Chris Holtkamp

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

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Donald Shoup

Donald Shoup is Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Urban Planning at UCLA. His research...

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Chase Mullen

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

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Elliot Hartley

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

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Mark David Major

Dr. Mark David Major, AICP, CNU-A is a Professor of Urban Design at the Savannah College...

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Norman Wright

Norman Wright is the Director of Neighborhood Services for Adams County, Colorado. In his career as...

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Darryl Jones

Darryl Jones is an artist and filmmaker based in Oakland, CA.

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Adam Fine

Adam is the Director of experiential graphic design at Nova Scotia-based Fathom Studio and has worked...

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Geoffrey Ferrell

Geoffrey is one of the originators of the modern practice of Form-Based Codes. His work ranges...

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Mary Madden

Mary Madden has nearly 20 years of experience in the fields of urban planning and design...

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Elizabeth Doerr

Elizabeth Doerr is a writer with expertise and awareness around social and racial justice issues and...

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Lynn Peterson

Lynn Peterson is a nationally recognized transportation and land use integration expert.

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David Rouse

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

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Generative AI, Ethics, and the Future of Urban Planning

Instructor: Tom Sanchez

Explore the ethical and equity implications of using generative AI in urban planning. This course addresses bias, transparency, public trust, emerging tools like digital twins, and offers practical guidance for responsible adoption.

4.32

66 Mins

CIP

AIA CES

AICP CM

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What Is Generative AI and Why It Matters for Urban Planning

Instructor: Tom Sanchez

This course introduces urban planners to Generative AI (GenAI), covering its fundamentals and demonstrating how it can create text, images, videos, and designs to enhance planning practices.

4.39

61 Mins

CIP

AIA CES

AICP CM

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Introduction to the UrbanSim Cloud Platform

Instructor: Sam Blanchard

At the end of this course, participants will be acquainted with the UrbanSim forecasting methodology, understanding the features available in the UrbanSim Cloud Platform and the basics of an UrbanSim model at the Census block level.

4.05

51 Mins

SACPLAN CPD

Free

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Generative AI, Ethics, and the Future of Urban Planning

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Master Urban Planning Skills With A Planetizen Courses Subscription.

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Generative AI, Ethics, and the Future of Urban Planning

What Is Generative AI and Why It Matters for Urban Planning

Introduction to the UrbanSim Cloud Platform

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