Portal:Urban studies and planning

Welcome to Wikiversity's School of Urban Studies and Planning!

This is a developing school. There is an attempt to form a framework on this page to assist in the organization of content.

Wikiversity's Department of Urban Studies and Planning is part of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

School News

• Right now - Looking for contributors.
• August 19, 2009 - Ahwahnee Principles added to the curriculum!
• December 23 2006 - School founded.

Learning projects

• NYC (Bushwick) Urban Renewal project

Courses

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100 Level Courses URBN 100 Introduction to Urban Studies and Planning URBN 101 Survey & Analysis URBN 102 Civil Engineering for Planners URBN 103 Planning Design 200 Level Courses URBN 200 Introduction to GIS URBN 201 Urban Renewal URBN 202 Rural Issues URBN 203 Resource Management URBN 204 Land Use Applications 300 Level Courses URBN 300 Urban Policy URBN 301 Urban community URBN 302 Land Use and Development URBN 303 Environmental Policy URBN 304 Poverty and Urban Planning URBN 305 Los Angeles, New York, and Dubai URBN 306 Theories of Architecture in Urban Planning URBN 307 Urban and Regional Economies URBN 308 Urban Planning Research Methods URBN 309 Politics of Urbanization URBN 310 Natural Resources URBN 311 History of Urban Planning URBN 313 Landscape Planning and Design URBN 314 Urban Design URBN 316 Urban Housing URBN 318 Environmental Management URBN 319 Transportation Planning URBN 320 Sustainable Development URBN 321 Environmental Politics URBN 322 Urban Planning and the Law URBN 324 Research Design and Methods for Social Policy URBN 325 Economic Development URBN 326 Communications in Urban Planning

400 Level Courses URBN 401 Spatial Statistics URBN 402 Applied Economics for Urban Planning URBN 403 Global Cities URBN 404 International Planning URBN 405 Advanced GIS and Remote Sensing URBN 406 Navigating Bureaucracy in Urban Planning URBN 407 Advanced Case Studies of Urban Interventions URBN 408 Theories of Urban Architectural Design URBN 409 Public and Private Development URBN 410 Utilizing Technology in Urban Planning URBN 411 Real Estate Finance URBN 412 Real Estate Development Processes URBN 413 Finance Administration URBN 414 Advanced Theory in Urban Planning URBN 415 Urban Sociology URBN 416 Community Studies URBN 417 Environmental Studies URBN 418 SpatialXL URBN 419 Management for Planners

Topics

• Transportation and Traffic Engineering
• Peri-urban planning
• Real Estate

Related news

• April 18, 2007 - The Federal Communications Commission will study the rate of broadband internet implementation in The United States...
• March 19, 2007 - New water purification technology to be commercialized in India.
• March 19, 2007 - Blair plans Government 2.0
• March 15, 2007 - Santa Cruz, CA explores building desalination plant to supplement water supply.

External links

Open source software

• City Simulator

MIT Open Course Ware

• MIT Open Course Ware: Urban Studies and Planning

Ahwahnee Principles

• The Ahwahnee Principles - Principles for Resource-Efficient and Livable Communities