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1.00 Credits
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0.00 Credits
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3.00 Credits
Examination of the patterns and processes in human-dominated landscapes, and the tools for understanding human behavior and decision making. By applying several environmental planning tools to managing landscapes, this course aims to provide students with skills to translate data into information. Topics covered include, land conservation, impact of land use on watersheds, sustainability design, environmental impact assessments, and environmental modeling and simulation. Focus is on the application of tools to addressing pressing problems of regional significance.
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4.00 Credits
Microeconomic analysis of individual and firm behavior is developed with emphasis on applications to urban studies. Topics which may be covered include: land use and land rents, urban structure, poverty, housing and slums, transportation, environmental quality, and local government finance.
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4.00 Credits
Survey and analysis of population dynamics (births, deaths, and migration) and society. Examination of demographic concepts, theories, data and measurements, and research. Role of population processes on social life and public policies are highlighted, including population aging, economic development and the environment, urbanization, health and health care, race and ethnicity, and government/social/business planning. This course is the same as Soc 441/541; course may only be taken once for credit.
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3.00 Credits
Evaluates the new public/private partnerships which are necessary for downtown redevelopment, historic rehabilitation, integrated mixed-use urban centers, urban villages, and new communities. Analyzes the critical conceptual, feasibility, and deal-making phases of the development process, as well as the development and management stages. Examines the new affirmative roles played by both public and private developers, as well as unusual joint development entities. Considers innovative concepts of incremental growth, land and development banking, shared parking, and alternative development patterns.
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3.00 Credits
An investigation of models and perspectives on community development. Both structural and dynamic concepts related to processes of community-based change will be explored, including methodological approaches for assessing com-munity settings, and the various roles and relationships in a community-based decision environment. Includes required field observaproject which examines cases of community problem-solving. Graduate students undertake a substantial independent project in addition to other course requirements.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to applied research in planning with emphasis on problem definition, planning and policy research design, collection and analysis for secondary data, and the use of qualitative observations.
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4.00 Credits
The evolution of the urban planning field from its 19th century European origins through the 20th century U.S. history. Course addresses the question: why do we produce and implement plans? Specific topics include: philosophical issues and political-organization contexts of professional activity; the place of planning in the political economy of U.S. metropolitan development; and problems of rationality in forecasting, analysis, decision making, and design.
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