SC 435 Land Use Planning

General Information:

Course Syllabus

Course Syllabus & Schedule (pdf)
 

Class Outline

Spring Session 2002

Class

Topic

Reading Assignment

Pages in Text

Feb. 7

Introduction

 Urban Sprawl

 

Feb. 12,14

Traditional Planning vs. Ecological Planning 

Establishing Planning Goals and Objectives

Steiner 

 

Chapters 1,2 

 

LAB

Lab Handouts/Assignments

Suitability Project for Lab

 

 

Feb. 19,21

Biophysical and Human Community Inventories

Divided We Sprawl

Steiner 

Chapters 3,4 

LAB

 Lab Handouts/Assignments

 

 

Feb. 26,28

Suitability Analysis

Steiner

Chapter 5

LAB

 Lab Handouts/Assignments

 

 

Mar. 5,7

Landscape Plans

Steiner

Chapter 6,7

LAB

 Lab Handouts/Assignments

 

 

Mar. 12,14

Citizen Involvement in Planning

Steiner

Chapter 8

LAB

 

 

 

Mar. 19,21

Detailed Design

Steiner 

Dramstad et al.

Chapter 9 

pp. 19-56

LAB

 Presentation Guidelines

 

 

Mar. 26, 28

Spring Break

 

 

Apr. 2,4

Plan and Design Implementation

Steiner

Chapter 10

LAB

 

 

 

Apr. 9,11

Administration of Planning Programs

Steiner

Chapters 11,12

LAB

 

 

 

Apr. 16,18

TBA

 

 

LAB

 

 

 

Apr. 23,25

Project Presentations

(Senior Project Presentations in lieu of class on April 23)

 

 

May 2

Project Presentations

 

 

 Data Links

  Alaska Geospatial Data Clearinghouse