Topics focus upon industrial policy, land use, infrastructure, labor needs, the role of the environment, financial requirement, industrial innovation and the influence of world trend on our industrial base. A joint planning-anthropology seminar focusing on the intersection of planning and anthropology theory and practice as they affect policy planning. Planning and anthropology students work together on a project with a local community. RP 691T Seminar in Transportation Planning Credit 3 Topics related to current problems and techniques concerning transportation systems. The course focuses upon the role of transportation models in the planning process.
Instruction covers basic design considerations in current land planning and development practice.
The goal of this course is to explore advanced analytic methods and techniques used in social science research, planning, and policy analysis. Preservation planning tools used in urban and rural areas. The preservation movement in America and its historical antecedents. New town planning as a response to contemporary urbanization problems. Evaluation of new town development processes and projects in public and private sectors.