URBAN FUNCTIONS, SPATIAL ORGANIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL FORM
Influence of social, economic, and political systems, technological innovations, and architectural concepts on the spatial organization and environmental form of cities and urban areas; the adaptability of urban physical structure to developmental change; planned, conceptual organization and form versus unplanned and ecological organization and form.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Consent of instructor Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2023 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify environmental issues arising from urbanization; describe urban ecological processes; and identify policies and practices of environmental planning in local, regional, and federal levels. Audience: Graduate 2. Identify ways we can design with nature and assess land development patterns for environmental performance. Audience: Graduate 3. Obtain and analyze geospatial environmental data using a range of spatial analysis tools for a number of environmental planning practices. Audience: Graduate 4. Conduct a land suitability analysis, examine the impacts of imperviousness on water resources, and investigate the impacts of development on land resources. Audience: Graduate 5. Present solutions to environmental planning problems. Audience: Graduate 6. Evaluate natural resource and pollution control factors in planning. Audience: Graduate 7. Describe how to create sustainable futures. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify environmental issues arising from urbanization; describe urban ecological processes; and identify policies and practices of environmental planning in local, regional, and federal levels. Audience: Graduate 2. Identify ways we can design with nature and assess land development patterns for environmental performance. Audience: Graduate 3. Obtain and analyze geospatial environmental data using a range of spatial analysis tools for a number of environmental planning practices. Audience: Graduate 4. Conduct a land suitability analysis, examine the impacts of imperviousness on water resources, and investigate the impacts of development on land resources. Audience: Graduate 5. Present solutions to environmental planning problems. Audience: Graduate 6. Evaluate natural resource and pollution control factors in planning. Audience: Graduate 7. Describe how to create sustainable futures. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027