Urban Infrastructure and Land Use

3 credits · Graduate Programs

Acquaints students with the key infrastructure systems of a city. Examines the hierarchy of plans, current policies, standards and practices, and the challenges and innovations in the following infrastructure sectors: water, sewage, waste management, open space, energy, transportation, and communication. Discusses the relationship between infrastructure systems and land use, and its impacts on quality of life, economic development, spatial structure, and the environment. Emphasis is given to green infrastructure development. Also examines various financial and institutional frameworks for delivering infrastructure systems and how they vary across different contexts. Antirequisite(s): Credit for Planning 612 and Environmental Design 616 will not be allowed.