Topics include spatial aspects of geographic information, attribute data structure, error and uncertainty, spatial analysis theories, GIS modeling, and GIS design. GY 539 Natural Resource and Environmental Planning. An examination of human activities that directly affect the physical environment, and of environmental constraints imposed on human activities. Major topics include natural resource administration and policy, problems in environmental planning, and environmental impact assessment. GY 540 Community Facilities Planning.
Topics range from theory to practical methods of conflict resolution.
GY 541 Planning Administration, Controls, and Techniques. The theory and use in community planning of zoning, eminent domain, taxing and police powers, enabling acts, charters, official maps, codes, nuisance ordinances, impact statements, etc. GY 550 Political Geography. Examines, at local, national, and international levels, the organization of political space and its impact on political processes and patterns of behavior and issue differentiation. GY 551 Political Geography of the United States.