GEOG 6730 - Seminar in Community Development and Planning

Seminar in Community Development and Planning Seminar in planning including land use planning, and planning law and administration, economic development. In any term, the course focuses upon one of these four economic sectors.

1. Land Use Planning A survey of the field of land use planning; concepts of land use planning; traditional and contemporary approaches to land use planning; the background and practice of zoning and subdivision regulations in American municipalities; land use and transportation planning.

2. Planning Law and Administration: Legal foundations of land use planning in the United States and in the state of Michigan including governmental institutions, real property, constitutional law, land use law, and environmental law. Administrative structures and processes related to land use regulation, land development, and the processes of local and regional plan development and implementation.

3. Economic Development: Survey of strategies and methods of local economic development including revitalization, business development and retention, and building resiliency.

Note: Open to graduate students only.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: GEOG 5710

Credits: 2 to 3 hours