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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Sokoloff/Steinberg. Review of techniques for resolving disagreements related to planning especially land use, zoning, transportation, environmental and physical design concerns. Extensive use of case studies and simulation exercises.
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3.00 Credits
Weinberger. Exploration of the technological and design aspects of urban transportation systems including discussion of land use patterns, facilities operations, congestion, and environmental issues. Highlights current policy debates revolving around mobility issues, federal and state legislation, and metropolitan organization responsibilities.
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3.00 Credits
Glen. Prerequisite(s): CPLN 623 or CPLN 680. This class will explore the history of disinvestment in inner-city neighborhoods and the public sector's response to the challenge of re-building those communities with a particular emphasis on affordable housing programs and policies - and how those initiatives have created new urban markets with unique challenges and opportunities for the public, private and non-profit development sectors. The course will focus on how to develop residential and mixed-use projects, using a variety of public incentives and private financing sources to address market and community objectives.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Introduction to the fundamentals of site planning. Includes student presentations of location-specific projects.
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3.00 Credits
Yaro.Examination of factors shaping a region with a focus on the role of metropolitan planning organizations. Reviews growth management and environmental quality improvement efforts.
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3.00 Credits
Tomlin. Introduction to the use of geographic information systems (GIS) in urban and regional planning. Reviews the conceptual foundations of GIS. Students achieve proficiency in Arc View.
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3.00 Credits
Hillier. This hands-on introduction to using geographic information systems (GIS) will focus on how GIS can be applied to housing, land-use planning, redistricting, public health, historic preservation, criminology, and urban history. The class will focus almost exclusively on vector GIS data, which is appropriate for representing discrete objects such as parcels, districts, and census geography.
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3.00 Credits
Vitiello. Immigration is a controversial issue, dividing Americans from Congress to big cities to small towns. What's at stake in these debates What does immigration mean for cities and regions And what roles should policy makers, planners, and community organizations play in shaping migration and its impacts This course examines these questions in the context of immigrant, refugee, and receiving communities in the United States. It surveys public policy and community and economic development practices related to migration, at the local, regional, and trans-national scale. Class readings, discussions,and regular visits to a variety of Philadelphia's immigrant neighborhoods explore themes including labor markets, political mobilization, social and cultural policy, and the built environment.
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3.00 Credits
Landis. Review of social, political, economic, and ecological factors contributing to planning and developing environments that balance human demands with the protection of nature.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. Overview of planning issues in post-socialist countries since the early 1990's. Emphasis is on Russia and the Former Soviet Union, but will examine regional differences in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and China.
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