Advanced Urban Mapping and Graphics

Catalog description

For students who have taken SURB 2311 , Introduction to Urban Graphics & Mapping, SURB 4321 offers advanced work in graphic analysis addressed to such urban issues as infrastructure management and accessibility, climate adaptation and equity, and housing justice. Together with the Sustainable Urbanism Studio, this elective course is suggested for those who want to concentrate on urban design considerations within the Sustainable Urbanism major. The skills in using digital tools to undertake urban spatial analysis and data visualization that were developed in SURB 2311 are strengthened, and students not only source but also prepare the data—through cleaning and transforming processes—on which they base urban evaluations. SURB 4321 is project focused, introducing more advanced digital modeling tools beyond those learned in SURB 3011 , Introduction to Urban Design/Lab. Students’ projects represent, analyze, and evaluate patterns in the urbanscape with the goal of informing design and policy decisions around such critical urban challenges as resource scarcity, environmental degradation and disaster, and sprawl and congestion. During the semester, students can expect to undertake at least one large, complex analytical project.