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URP 6543: Seminar in Capital Improvement Finance (1)
Methods and means of local government finance of capital
improvements.
URP 6547: Local Public Finance for Urban Planners (3) Prereq:
URP 6042 or consent of instructor. Role of local governments in the
economy with special emphasis in the provision of urban goods and
services, the funding sources for urban governments and the
decision-making processes about expenditures and revenues.
URP 6601: State Planning (3) History, development, and
administration of state planning in the 20th century with emphasis
on recent growth management initiatives.
URP 6603: Development Review(3) Seminar on practice of local
government planning with emphasis on development review and
land development regulation.
URP 6610: International Development Planning (3) Critical
examination of institutions that play a role in development issues in
poorer nations within the context of international development
strategies, exposing students to dominant strategies and emerging
perspectives on international development.
URP 6716: Transportation Policy and Planning (3) Introduction
to transportation policy planning in urban context. Transportation
policy instruments and policy-making processes, critical issues in
transportation policy, history of policy in U.S. at federal, state, and
local levels.
URP 6718: Bikeways Planning and Design (3) Planning and
designing bicycle paths, greenways, and facilities that form a
network for nonmotorized transportation. Oriented toward a systems
approach.
URP 6745: Housing, Public Policy, and Planning(3) Supply,
demand, and market relationships. History of government housing
policy. Exploration of relationship between housing policy and urban
and regional planning.
URP 6746: Topical Debates in Housing(3) Current housing
problems, theories and approaches. Housing needs, available tools,
formulation of recommendations, and examination of effects of
implementation. Inclusionary zoning, gentrification, and smart
growth.
URP 6821: Transportation and Land-Use Modeling(3) The
planning process, modeling and applications for passenger
transportation and land-use development of metropolitan areas with
respect paid to its contribution to transportation project and policy
analysis.
URP 6871: Planning and Design I (3) Lectures, readings, and
exercises in planning research and design methods. Emphasis on
design graphics and other means of communication.
URP 6872: Planning and Design II (3) Prereq: URP 6101. Focus
on alternative roles and potential contributions from both private
and public sector participants, case studies and exercises in
formulation of urban design plans for private and public sectors.
URP 6880: Defensible Space and CPTED in Urban Design (3)
Introduction to crime prevention through environmental design