| source University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (X) |
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department Urban and Regional Planning (X) |
Survey of city and regional planning as related to problems and programs of urbanization and resource development.
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Numerical and statistical analysis of data for planning, forecasting, and decision making. Data and problems framed from planning cases and resulting in professional quality analytical memoranda. Includes use of microcomputer analytical software.
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Cities around the world are studied through a cross-cultural lens to provide an understanding of the social, political, cultural and economic forces that shape them in the context of globalization. Examples of cites from a range of countries including Iran, Norway, Mexico, Chile, Canada, Australia, South Africa and the US are included to illustrate: 1) A global perspective on the processes of urbanization; 2) Forces that shape cites and urban life in them; 3) The analytical skills needed to understand urban development in a global and cross-cultural context.
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May be repeated.
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Planning implications of economic, geographic, political and social structure of cities and regions; introduces social science theories to understand and analyze cities and regions. Students use computer simulation and data bases to analyze a city or region. Prerequisite:
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Basic ecological principles pertinent to planning and management. Examination of problems that arise from inadequate consideration of structure and function of ecological systems, and approaches to ecological restoration and environmentally sound planning. Applications of principles to case studies drawn from urban planning, natural resource management and sustainable development.
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Provides an introduction to the social, political, economics and cultural forces shaping communities today. Emphasis on the role of race, class and gender relations in urban social issues and the processes through which successful community intervention occurs at the local level: Community organizing, participatory planning, advocacy planning, community development. Students explore the dynamics of community building and social change by focusing on the interplay between communities, leaders, institutions, and change processes through team projects, individual assignments and community service activities in the surrounding community. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing; majors in Urban Planning must have taken
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Covers the graphic and verbal skills required in effectively communicating planning information and ideas: freehand and computer- based graphics, policy argumentation, integration of verbal and graphic communication. Prerequisite: Completion of campus Composition I general education requirement and
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Provides an introduction to methods for analyzing situations that require a planning response. Methods instructed include systems modeling, benefit-cost analysis, budgetary analysis, decision analysis, and forecasting techniques. Prerequisite:
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Field work dealing with selected physical and/or social planning problems. Prerequisite:
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Professionally supervised field experience in public and private planning or development agencies. Designed to introduce students to professional employment and actual planning practice. Students work in an agency of their own choice, subject to departmental approval, either during the summer session or part-time during a regular term. At least two weeks of full-time employment or its equivalent is required for each term hour of credit. Summary reports are submitted by both employer and student. Approved for S/U grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 hours. No more than 8 hours of
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Special projects, research, and independent reading. Prerequisite: Consent of head of department.
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Uses the watershed as the basic organizing concept in environmental planning and management; methods for assessing watershed boundaries, geology, soils and surface and groundwater system processes. Emphasizes ecological implications of patterns of land use on functional and qualitative aspects of watershed systems. All-day field trip required. Should have a previous course in environmental science.
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Examines cities as natural systems, combining ecological analyses with historical, anthropological, and sociological studies of urban nature. Addresses ecological sustainability, growth management, biodiversity, ecology of parks, zoos and aquariums, environmental justice. Required field trip. Same as
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Provides students with an understanding of the fundamental concepts of fiscal planning at the state and local levels of government. Addresses both the theory and methods of state and local finance, but most importantly, it is focused on state and local fiscal policy. Addresses emerging policy issues involving land use and taxation, spending and budgeting, intergovernmental cooperation, debt financing, financing for economic development, and privatization. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or completion of
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This course examines the legal framework within which planning takes place in urban areas of this country. It emphasizes the role of law in structuring local government responses to social, economic and physical planning issues and in allocating power among local governments, between local governments and state and federal governments, and between governments and the private sectors of society. Course may not be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Senior standing.
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Examination and simulation of negotiation concepts and techniques as an ad hoc or integrated element of a planning process. Case assignments and exercises are used to supplement readings. Prerequisite: Upper division undergraduate or graduate standing.
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Detailed introduction to the design and use of computerized geographic information systems, focusing on their significance for planning. Emphasizes GIS within an institutional setting, covering not only fundamental technical concepts, but also organizational, management, and legal issues. Students will be introduced to GIS applications and products through readings, videos, demonstrations, and exercises. Computer laboratory work is included. Prerequisite: Upper division undergaraduate or graduate standing.
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Survey of the preservation movement in relation to urban planning; techniques for selection of sites and definition of districts; funding, regulation, and implementation measures; and case studies of preservation plans and programs. Prerequisite: At least Junior standing.
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Introduces students to the main theoretical frameworks and conceptual building blocks of urban and community development in the Third World. This includes the approaches to development planning, the notion of community participation and empowerment, and the role of various actors including the poor, the non- government organizations and the grassroots.
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Explores the process of urbanization as a critical factor in the development of nations and world regions. It looks at the historical evolution and contemporary challenges of cities in selected world regions and countries, linking urban development to broader social, cultural, political, economic and environmental issues in the region. Readings, films, lectures, individual research and discussion will be used to explore the complex and important roles of cities in regional development. The featured regions will include, but not be limited to: Eastern and Central Europe, Eurasia, Southeast Asia, South Africa, Mexico, and Central America. Prerequisite: Senior standing or consent of instructor.
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Concepts and techniques of urban analysis, plan making, and implementation essential for effective interdisciplinary work in urban design. Prerequisite: Senior standing.
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This interdisciplinary planning studio concerns the physical planning and policy analysis for urban development of actual sites in developing countries. The studio will be offered in a seminar and workshop format (studio), where critical understanding and analysis of the situation is combined with development of actual proposals (design or policy proposals) integrating the social, economic, physical, and cultural aspects of the site development. Course relies primarily on group activity and team-work among a multidisciplinary group of students. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
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Course introduces future planners and practitioners to the practical aspects of project design, program development and implementation in the field of international development through lectures, field trips, and group discussions with international planning professionals representing consulting groups and donor agencies, as well as constituency representatives. Course will be organized around a specific development problem and will aim to work through the problem and its solution by discussion of readings, examination of case studies, and exposure of students to processes and procedures of decision making and project implementation within the non-profit international development organizations and international development agencies. Prerequisite:
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