Case studies of successful landscape preservation programs are presented and discussed. Consideration given to the decision process, planning principles, impact measures, and a methodological framework for identifying and evaluating courses in action at regional, local, and neighborhood scale. Projects and scale change from year to year. Community Facilities Planning Focuses on the detailed development of plans for functions provided by local government jurisdictions including schools, public safety, water, and sewer. The detailed plans including fiscal implications are then considered as a unit to develop a comprehensive capital improvement program for the locale.
Some attention is paid to capital facilities programming and building codes.
Explores the challenging ethical problems which now confront planners, landscape architects, architects, historians and others at the professional level as well as at the personal level. Professional Practice Practicum Provides credit for designed and supervised work experience combined with either a report or appropriate accompanying paper. Independent Study in Planning Individual study directed by a faculty member on material approved by the faculty. Prior approval by the planning faculty is required. Basic objectives are to develop familiarity with types and sources of data, and the relevance of data for various types of problem situations.