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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Parking Reform Made Easy

Richard Willson

72 Mins

AICP CM

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Urban Design for Planners 5: Density

Emily Talen

64 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City

58 Mins

AICP CM

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Women and Cities 5: The Feminist Future City

Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman

59 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Walking Towards Inclusion

David Dixon

41 Mins

AICP CM

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Legal Issues for Form-Based Codes

Mark White

80 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A

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The Story of Sprawl

Tim Halbur

163 Mins

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Virtual Reality for Planners 2: Modeling in SketchUp

Chase Mullen

72 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Donald Shoup Explains Parking Reform

Donald Shoup

48 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Suburban Remix: Creating the Next Generation of Urban Places

David Dixon

63 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Walkable City 6: The Interesting Walk

Jeff Speck

77 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Drawing in the Landscape: Painting Color

Darryl Jones

68 Mins

AICP CM

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The American City, Part 3: Learning from the Grid

Mark David Major

53 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM

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Transportation Planning: Making Transportation Plans—Rationality and Politics

Richard Willson

60 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Resilience Planning for Wildfires

Chris Holtkamp

58 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Landscape Design for Social Sustainability, Part 2

Kristin Faurest

53 Mins

CIP
AICP CM

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Urban Design for Planners 8: Parking and Traffic

Emily Talen

90 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
LA CES

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Urban Design for Planners 6: Streetscape Design

Emily Talen

59 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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City Dreamers

81 Mins

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Methods for Neighborhood Scale Revitalization

Jason Neville

68 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Good Speed by Design: A Network Approach to Traffic Calming

Lennart Nout

58 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Regional Scenario Planning: An Overview

Garlynn Woodsong

47 Mins

SACPLAN CPD

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The Story of Sprawl - With Commentary Tracks

Tim Halbur

143 Mins

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Virtual Reality for Planners 3: Working with Unity

Chase Mullen

64 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
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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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.

4.40

85 Mins

CIP

AIA CES

AICP CM

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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.

4.33

56 Mins

CIP

AIA CES

AICP CM

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Accessory Dwelling Units: Understanding America’s Newest Housing Typology

Instructor: Jason Neville

Explore the latest ADU policy developments from leading American cities, key challenges and opportunities for increasing or limiting ADU production, first-hand examples, and best practices in ADU affordability programs.

4.50

57 Mins

CIP

AIA CES

AICP CM

SACPLAN CPD

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Introduction to Resilience Planning

Instructor: Chris Holtkamp

This course introduces key concepts of resilience planning and explains how to incorporate resilience planning in communities.

4.46

69 Mins

CIP

AIA CES

AICP CM

SACPLAN CPD

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Resilience Planning for Heat and Drought Events

Green Infrastructure

Accessory Dwelling Units: Understanding America’s Newest Housing Typology

Introduction to Resilience Planning

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Master Urban Planning Skills With A Planetizen Courses Subscription.

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Resilience Planning for Heat and Drought Events

Green Infrastructure

Accessory Dwelling Units: Understanding America’s Newest Housing Typology

Introduction to Resilience Planning

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