The first in a sequence of workshop-type courses, to integrate skills and knowledge from conventional courses and apply them to representative planning problems. Instructional goals: to develop the skills and techniques for collecting, analyzing, synthesizing and presenting spatial and non-spatial data; and to develop a sense of judgement about the comprehensiveness and reliability of the data and its utility for planning decisions.

This course is a hands-on study in regional and local economic, demographic anbd spatial analysis methods commonly used by planners and economic development policy analysts.

This class will investigate the issues of minority community planning and public participation through lectures and discussions in class, followed by an on-site case study and community participation process. During the in-class lectures and discussions, we will investigate the history of the community and the complex spatial patterns that they have created on the land, patterns which support their communities and way of life. We will also study the theory of public participation, particularly as it affects rural and minority communities.

Explores the social, cultural, and political underpinnings and implications of planning practice and theory. Focus on appropriate planning for different social groups and the relation of planning and policy to social change and research methodologies.

Planning as a decision-making process, the attributes of the political and administrative environment within which planning takes place, and the implications of this environment for the planning process and the planner.

The role of policy in guiding optimal growth. Examination of constitutional issues, controversies regarding growth management practices, techniques used in designing growth management strategies, and future trends in growth management. Prerequisite: Reg Pl 651 or consent of instructor.

This course will introduce students to public participation at the practice level in planning. Lectures and class discussions will review current theory underpinning participation practice, and will critically evaluate the wide range of participation methods currently in use in planning practice. There will also be one or more exercises in participation implementation that occur outside standard class times, when we will join one of the other studio classes, and plan and run their participation process.

Application of quantitative methods used by regional and urban planners. Problem definition and data sources, data collection and analysis using descriptive and inferential statistics, and spreadsheet and database planning software. Data presentation techniques. Prerequisite: Statis 501 or equivalent.

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This course focuses on the impact of industrial development upon local communities. Topics range from brownfield remediation to mill revitalization, office park development, the industrial land crisis and the role of sustainable industrial planning.