Land Use, Community & Urban Planning

Catalog description

Imagine an urban settlement in the United States that operates as a natural complex system to establish a sustainable, resilient, equitable, and regenerative urban environment. This course will provide the necessary foundation of theory and skills on how to effectively approach land use and community planning. Multiple scales will be addressed in regards, to land use decision-making and protection, from a region down to individual parcel development. A framework will be explored that considers climate change, material flow/pathways, scale, equity and social wellbeing, and natural systems/infrastructure.