Directed at students without background in planning and design. Urban Design and Planning Studio Synthesis of urban design and planning problems and methods in a laboratory section. DBase System Planning Applications of relational database management systems in urban planning. Emphasis placed on the practical aspects of database design and use. Employs RBase on a local area microcomputer network and uses actual urban databases.
Students create and modify databases, enter and update data, create menus, and design databases.
Geographic Information Systems in Planning Analysis Principles of GIS Systems applied to problems encountered in planning, landscape architecture, and general land use. Use of GIS for siting, environmental evaluation and wetlands inventory. Offered jointly with CIVE 418. Assistance in identifying appropriate projects. Housing Survey of housing and redevelopment problems, theories, standards, and practice.