GEOG 5560 - Studies in Urban and Regional Planning

Each of the courses listed under this number focuses on a major aspect of planning, including a review of the objectives of the planning process, legislation pertaining to planning operations, and methods of field and library investigation required for analysis and policy formulation in matters related to planning.

1. Urban Planning and Zoning. The Planning Process and the development of Comprehensive Plans as practiced in American communities. The legal foundations of zoning and subdivision regulations, and the implementation of the comprehensive plan. The organization, role, and relationship of the planning commission, the zoning board, and the planning department in the community. Prerequisite: GEOG 3560 or consent.

2. Regional Planning. Studies in the administration and coordination of planning programs at the regional level, e.g., transportation and communications, land use and conservation, drainage systems and wastewater treatment, residential and industrial development. The evolution and current status of planning methodologies are examined with emphasis on economic and environmental tradeoffs, and on problems of implementing regionally-oriented planning programs.

3. Public Lands and Parks. Specific programs and policies relating to the preservation and/or development of government-controlled lands.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: GEOG 3560 or Graduate standing.

Credits 3 hrs.

Notes:
Open to Upperclass and Graduate Students. Prerequisites applicable to all 5000-level courses in Geography are 14 credit hours of geography, including the specific prerequisite for each course, or consent of advisor and/or instructor.